CVE-2025-31978 | BDVDB-2026-330607 Detail

HCL SoftwareBigFix Service Management (SM)

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact low, integrity impact low, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-201 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

References#

https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0128144

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12026-05-06Record published in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-05-06
Last modified: 2026-05-06

Vendor information

Vendor: HCL Software
Product: BigFix Service Management (SM)

All HCL Software vulnerabilities

Score

4.6 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 3.1.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
23
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

4.6 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity	Low
Availability	None

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).