HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) Discovery is vulnerable to unenforced encryption

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-31981
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerHCL
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-04-21 15:16:35 UTC
Updated2026-04-22 15:09:37 UTC
DescriptionHCL 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-319 | CWE-319 CWE-319 Cleartext transmission of sensitive information

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
3.1CNACVSS5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Hcltech Bigfix Service Management 23.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA HCLSoftware BigFix Service Management SM affected 23 Not specified

References

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support.hcl-software.com/csm [email protected] support.hcl-software.com Vendor Advisory
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