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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-31985

HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is affected by a security misconfiguration due to a missing or insecure “X-Content-Type-Options” header.

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-2025-31985. 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.
Severity
Medium6.5
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 affected by a security misconfiguration due to a missing or insecure “X-Content-Type-Options” header. This could allow browsers to perform MIME-type sniffing, potentially causing malicious content to be interpreted and executed incorrectly.

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-2025-31985

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-2025-31985. 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. 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.

  1. May 20, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is affected by a security misconfiguration due to a missing or insecure “X-Content-Type-Options” header. This could allow browsers to perform MIME-type sniffing, potentially causing malicious content to be interpreted and executed incorrectly.

  2. Jul 24, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is affected by a security misconfiguration due to a missing or insecure “X-Content-Type-Options” header. This could allow browsers to perform MIME-type sniffing, potentially causing malicious content to be interpreted and executed incorrectly.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-31985

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-31985

    30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-31985

    HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is affected by a security misconfiguration due to a missing or insecure “X-Content-Type-Options” header. This could allow browsers to perform MIME-type sniffing, potentially causing malicious content to be interpreted and executed incorrectly.

    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.