CVE-2025-31959 HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) application fails to strip EXIF metadata from uploaded images.
Attackers can view sensitive location data from EXIF metadata in uploaded images due to missing sanitization in HCL BigFix Service Management.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-31959?
CVE-2025-31959 is a low-severity vulnerability in HCL Software BigFix Service Management (SM), published on 6 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) application fails to strip EXIF metadata from uploaded images. This could lead to confidentiality and privacy risks if sensitive location information is unintentionally shared. .
Weakness: CWE-1230
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-31959?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hcltech Bigfix Service Management.
How do I fix CVE-2025-31959?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-31959 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-31959 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31959 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in HCL Software BigFix Service Management (SM)
- CVE-2026-67100 HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2026-67101 HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2024-30151 HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is susceptible to Broken Access Control Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-67102 HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2026-67103 HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4w64-m6x6-926r.