---
id: CVE-2025-31976
title: >-
  HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is vulnerable to insufficiently protected
  credentials for a short duration while communicating with a backend, internal
  application which could allow an attacker to potentially misuse them, if
  exfiltrat…
summary: >-
  HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is vulnerable to insufficiently protected
  credentials for a short duration while communicating with a backend, internal
  application which could allow an attacker to potentially misuse them, if
  exfiltrat…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-200
  - CWE-522
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-2025-31976'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0128144
    label: psirt@hcl.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00162
epssPercentile: 0.04794
ingestedAt: '2026-06-29T15:48:27.657Z'
---

## Overview

HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is vulnerable to insufficiently protected credentials for a short duration while communicating with a backend, internal application which could allow an attacker to potentially misuse them, if exfiltrated.  .

## Affected

- `bigfix_service_management = 23.0`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.