# CVE-2025-71260: BMC FootPrints ITSM 20.20.02 <= 20.24.01.001 VIEWSTATE Deserialization RCE

> Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code via crafted VIEWSTATE parameters in BMC FootPrints ITSM, requiring immediate patching.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 14 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x6vr-xp32-5v9x

## What is CVE-2025-71260?

CVE-2025-71260 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in BMC Software, Inc. FootPrints, published on 19 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

BMC FootPrints ITSM versions 20.20.02 through 20.24.01.001 contain a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in the ASP.NET servlet's VIEWSTATE handling that allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code. Attackers can supply crafted serialized objects to the VIEWSTATE parameter to achieve remote code execution and fully compromise the application. The following hotfixes remediate the vulnerability: 20.20.02, 20.20.03.002, 20.21.01.001, 20.21.02.002, 20.22.01, 20.22.01.001, 20.23.01, 20.23.01.002, and 20.24.01.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-71260?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bmc Footprints.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-71260?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-71260 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-71260 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-71260 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in BMC Software, Inc. FootPrints

- [CVE-2025-71257](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-71257/): BMC FootPrints ITSM 20.20.02 <= 20.24.01.001 Authentication Bypass (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-71258](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-71258/): BMC FootPrints ITSM 20.20.02 <= 20.24.01.001 Blind SSRF in searchWeb (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-71259](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-71259/): BMC FootPrints ITSM 20.20.02 <= 20.24.01.001 Blind SSRF in externalfeed/RSS (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-71260 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-71260 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in BMC Software, Inc. FootPrints, published on 19 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-71260 exists.

Affected product: BMC Software, Inc. FootPrints. 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-2025-71260/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-71260/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71260
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71260
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-71260

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-71260/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.