Findings

CVE-2025-31981

HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) Discovery is vulnerable to unenforced encryption due to port 80 (HTTP) being open, allowing unencrypted access.

Published Apr 21, 2026 · updated Oct 7, 2026 · hcltech bigfix service management

HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) Discovery is vulnerable to unenforced encryption due to port 80 (HTTP) being open, allowing unencrypted access. An attacker with access to the network traffic can sniff packets from the connection and uncover the data.

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Timeline

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  1. Apr 21, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) Discovery is vulnerable to unenforced encryption due to port 80 (HTTP) being open, allowing unencrypted access. An attacker with access to the network traffic can sniff packets from the connection and uncover the data.

  2. Oct 7, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) Discovery is vulnerable to unenforced encryption due to port 80 (HTTP) being open, allowing unencrypted access. An attacker with access to the network traffic can sniff packets from the connection and uncover the data.

Affected

  • cpe hcltech/bigfix service management23.0

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-31981

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-31981

    HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) Discovery is vulnerable to unenforced encryption due to port 80 (HTTP) being open, allowing unencrypted access. An attacker with access to the network traffic can sniff packets from the connection and uncover the data.

    nvd.nist.gov

References