CVE•Published 2026-05-06•Modified 2026-05-07•0 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2025-31978Hcltech · Bigfix_service_management

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-201Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

Description

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.

Timeline

Published 2026-05-06

Modified 2026-05-07

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB Sploitus VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2025-31978

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product + version

product:"Hcltech Bigfix Service Management" version:"23.0"

Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Bigfix Service Management"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Bigfix Service Management" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2025-31978