CVE-2025-31976 HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is vulnerable to insufficiently protected credentials
Attackers can potentially misuse credentials exposed during backend communication in HCL BigFix Service Management, leading to unauthorized access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-31976?
CVE-2025-31976 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Software BigFix Service Management (SM), published on 6 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is vulnerable to insufficiently protected credentials for a short duration while communicating with a backend, internal application which could allow an attacker to potentially misuse them, if exfiltrated. .
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-31976?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hcltech Bigfix Service Management.
How do I fix CVE-2025-31976?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-31976 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-31976 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31976 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-hv3j-f356-x9xp.