CVE-2025-31976
MediumCVSS 4.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs
Summary
The vulnerability in HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) involves insufficiently protected credentials for a short duration during communication with a backend internal application. This could allow an attacker to intercept and misuse them if exfiltrated.
Risk Assessment
The risk is that an attacker could capture credentials, potentially leading to unauthorized access to internal systems and organizational data.
Recommendation
It is recommended to immediately update HCL BigFix Service Management to the latest patched version and implement additional monitoring of backend communications to detect potential credential leaks.
Other vulnerabilities in HCL BigFix Service Management
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Missing or insecure X-Content-Type-Options header in HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) allows browsers to perform MIME-type sniffing. This could cause malicious content to be interpreted and executed incorrectly.
- CVE-2025-31973Medium
HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is susceptible to a Configuration – 'Insecure Use of Base Image Version'. Using outdated or insecure base images may introduce known vulnerabilities, potentially increasing the risk of exploitation in the application environment.
- CVE-2025-31978Medium
HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) does not adequately sanitize or safely render spreadsheet files (CSV, XLS, XLSX) before processing or distributing them. An attacker could populate data fields which, when saved to a CSV file, may attempt information exfiltration or other malicious activity when automatically executed by the spreadsheet software.
Original NVD description (English source)
HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is vulnerable to insufficiently protected credentials for a short duration while communicating with a backend, internal application which could allow an attacker to potentially misuse them, if exfiltrated. .