TI-2025-23109 Aliases CVE-2025-31979 GHSA-hj7g-h883-x979

A File Upload Validation Bypass vulnerability has been identified in the HCL BigFix Service Management (SM)

LOW 24CWE-434Published 2025-08-28 · Updated 2025-08-28

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
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-434.

Summary

A File Upload Validation Bypass vulnerability has been identified in the HCL BigFix SM, where the application fails to properly enforce file type restrictions during the upload process. An attacker may exploit this flaw to upload malicious or unauthorized files, such as scripts, executables, or web shells, by bypassing client-side or server-side validation mechanisms.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00212 11th 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
HCL Software	BigFix Service Management (SM)	23	—	No fix listed	CNA

BigFix Service Management (SM) VendorHCL Software Affected 23 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_service_management::::::::	—	—	HCL Software

cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_service_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·HCL Software

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-31979
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hj7g-h883-x979

References

Other 1

https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0123631

TI-2023-24505 Path Traversal which allows file upload capability affects DRYiCE MyXalytics CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-22044 Out-of-bounds write in HCL Software Notes CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-22043 Out-of-bounds write in HCL Software Domino CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-22042 Out-of-bounds write in HCL Software Notes CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-22041 Out-of-bounds write in HCL Software Domino CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-22040 Out-of-bounds write in HCL Software Notes CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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