Medium severity · published Aug 28, 2025
CVE-2025-31972
HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is affected by a Sensitive Information Exposure vulnerability
6.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
HCL BigFix SM is affected by a Sensitive Information Exposure vulnerability where internal connections do not use TLS encryption which could allow an attacker unauthorized access to sensitive data transmitted between internal components.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BS
BigFix Service Management (SM) · HCL Software
23 · source: vendor
BS
Bigfix Service Management · Hcltech
23.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31972
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-31972
Vendor Advisory
https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0123631
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