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Vulnerability · Published May 6, 2026 · Assigned by HCL

CVE-2025-31978HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) does not adequately sanitize or safely render

Medium 4.6

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in BigFix Service Management (SM) from HCL Software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.6Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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. Note that current versions of Excel warn users of untrusted content.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
HCL Software BigFix Service Management (SM) 23

Weakness: CWE-201 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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