{"id":"CVE-2025-31978","title":"HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) does not adequately sanitize or safely render spreadsheet files (CSV, XLS, XLSX) before processing or distributing them","summary":"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 attem…","severity":"medium","cvss":4.6,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-201"],"vendor":"hcltech","product":"bigfix_service_management","affected":["bigfix_service_management = 23.0"],"published":"2026-05-06","updated":"2026-06-29","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31978","references":[{"url":"https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0128144","label":"psirt@hcl.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00137,"epssPercentile":0.0349,"ingestedAt":"2026-06-29T15:48:27.659Z","slug":"CVE-2025-31978","body":"## Overview\n\nHCL 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `bigfix_service_management = 23.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":25,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":25.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}