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CVE-2025-31981

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

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: April 21, 2026 at 02:26 PM UTC
Updated: October 7, 2026 at 09:10 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBigfix Service Management

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

HCL 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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0127605

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMHCL
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-319

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