# CVE-2025-52622: HCL BigFix SaaS Remediate is affected by a security vulnerability

> Missing security headers in HCL BigFix SaaS responses weaken client-side protections against XSS and clickjacking attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w678-3c66-v2gr

## What is CVE-2025-52622?

CVE-2025-52622 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Software BigFix SaaS Remediate, published on 2 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The BigFix SaaS's HTTP responses were missing some security headers. The absence of these headers weakens the application's client-side security posture, making it more vulnerable to common web attacks that these headers are designed to mitigate, such as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), Clickjacking, and protocol downgrade attacks.

Weakness: CWE-1188 (Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-52622?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-52622?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-52622 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-52622 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52622 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-52622 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-52622 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Software BigFix SaaS Remediate, published on 2 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-52622 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Software BigFix SaaS Remediate. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52622/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52622/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-52622
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52622
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-52622

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52622/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.