# CVE-2025-55261: HCL Aftermarket DPC is affected by Missing Functional Level Access Control

> Attackers can escalate privileges to compromise the application and steal or manipulate data due to missing functional level access control.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rc6g-2hrc-g238

## What is CVE-2025-55261?

CVE-2025-55261 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in HCL Aftermarket DPC, published on 26 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

HCL Aftermarket DPC is affected by Missing Functional Level Access Control which will allow attacker to escalate his privileges and may compromise the application and may steal and manipulate the data.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-55261?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Aftermarket Cloud.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-55261?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-55261 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-55261 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-55261 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL Aftermarket DPC

- [CVE-2025-55262](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55262/): HCL Aftermarket DPC is affected by SQL Injection (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2025-55263](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55263/): HCL Aftermarket DPC is affected by Hardcoded Sensitive Data (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2025-55265](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55265/): HCL Aftermarket DPC is affected by File Discovery (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-55266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55266/): HCL Aftermarket DPC is affected by Session Fixation (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2025-55267](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55267/): HCL Aftermarket DPC is affected by Unrestricted File Upload vulnerability (medium 5.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-55261 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-55261 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in HCL Aftermarket DPC, published on 26 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-55261 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Aftermarket DPC. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55261/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55261/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-55261
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55261
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55261

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55261/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.