CVE-2025-31978

HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) does not adequately sanitize or safely render spreadsheet files (CSV, XLS, XLSX) before processing or distributing them. An attacker could populate data fields which, when saved to a CSV file, may attempt information exfiltration or other malicious activity when automatically executed by the spreadsheet software. Note that current versions of Excel warn users of untrusted content.

CVSS v3 4.6 MEDIUM

4.6^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.1 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0128144	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:bigfix_service_management:23.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-05-06 15:16

Updated : 2026-06-29 14:59

NVD link : CVE-2025-31978

Mitre link : CVE-2025-31978

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-31978

JSON object : View

Products Affected

hcltech

bigfix_service_management

CWE

CWE-201

Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

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