CVE-2025-31978

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

Published May 6, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hcltech
Hcltech bigfix Service Management
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_service_management:23.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Hcltech
Hcltech bigfix Service Management
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) does not adequately sanitize or safely render
Weaknesses CWE-201
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
HCL
Published
Updated
May 6, 2026, 2:47 PM
Reserved
Apr 1, 2025, 6:46 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 6, 2026, 3:16 PM
Modified
Oct 7, 2026, 9:10 AM