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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-31973

HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is susceptible to a Configuration – 'Insecure Use of Base Image Version'.

Published May 20, 2026 · catalog updated Jul 24, 2026 · bigfix service management

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-31973. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of bigfix service management is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.18%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe hcltech/bigfix service management

HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is susceptible to a Configuration – 'Insecure Use of Base Image Version'. Using outdated or insecure base images may introduce known vulnerabilities, potentially increasing the risk of exploitation in the application environment.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe hcltech/bigfix service management23.0

How to fix CVE-2025-31973

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-31973. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of bigfix service management is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with hcltech/bigfix service management 23.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.18%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 20, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is susceptible to a Configuration – 'Insecure Use of Base Image Version'. Using outdated or insecure base images may introduce known vulnerabilities, potentially increasing the risk of exploitation in the application environment.

  2. Jul 24, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is susceptible to a Configuration – 'Insecure Use of Base Image Version'. Using outdated or insecure base images may introduce known vulnerabilities, potentially increasing the risk of exploitation in the application environment.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-31973

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-31973

    30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-31973

    HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is susceptible to a Configuration – 'Insecure Use of Base Image Version'. Using outdated or insecure base images may introduce known vulnerabilities, potentially increasing the risk of exploitation in the application environment.

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.