CVE-2025-31978 MEDIUM

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

Vendor Hcl Software
Product BigFix Service Management (SM)
Weakness CWE-201
Published May 6, 2026
Last update May 6, 2026
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CVSS base score

4.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 6, 2026 CVE published
May 6, 2026 Record updated