CVE-2025-31981 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-31981: HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) Discovery is vulnerable to unenforced encryption

Vendor Hclsoftware
Product BigFix Service Management (SM)
Weakness CWE-319 · Cleartext transmission
Published April 21, 2026
Last update April 21, 2026
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CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) Discovery is vulnerable to unenforced encryption due to port 80 (HTTP) being open, allowing unencrypted access.  An attacker with access to the network traffic can sniff packets from the connection and uncover the data.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 21, 2026 CVE published
April 21, 2026 Record updated