Vulnerability · CVE-2025-31976
HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is vulnerable to insufficiently protected credentials for a short duration while communicating with a backend, internal application…
Published May 6, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 7, 2026 · bigfix service management
Last checked Oct 30, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-31976. EPSS is 0.16%. 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.
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- Severity
- High7.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.16%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe hcltech/bigfix service management
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. .
Are you affected?
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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-2025-31976
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 23.0
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
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-2025-31976. EPSS is 0.16%. 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?
CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information; CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials. EPSS 0.16%. 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.
May 6, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
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. .
Oct 7, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
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. .
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-31976
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-31976
30-day exploitation probability 0.16%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-31976
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. .
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 30, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 24, 2026
- NIST NVDOct 20, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 16, 2026