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TI-2025-23108 Aliases CVE-2025-31978GHSA-636m-32xr-g349

HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) does not adequately sanitize or safely render

Priority LOW 20CWE-201Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-201.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00137 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
HCL SoftwareBigFix Service Management (SM)23—No fix listedCNA
  • BigFix Service Management (SM) VendorHCL Software Affected 23 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_service_management:23.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*23.0VulnerableHCL Software
  • cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_service_management:23.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 23.0 Vulnerable ·HCL Software

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-31978
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-636m-32xr-g349

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-47494 HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-40821 HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-47495 HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-40820 HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-17536 HCL BigFix Service Management was affected with Admin Session Concurrency vulnerability (CVE-2026-21806) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-23103 HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is susceptible to a Configuration – 'Insecure Use of… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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