CVE-2025-31978

HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) does not adequately sanitize or safely render spreadsheet files (CSV, XLS, XLSX) before processing or distributing them. An attacker could populate data fields which, when saved to a CSV file, may attempt information exfiltration or other malicious activity when automatically executed by the spreadsheet software. Note that current versions of Excel warn users of untrusted content.

CVSS 3.1

4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 3% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-201

Published

2026-05-06

Modified

2026-10-07

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• hcltech:bigfix_service_management

References

• https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0128144

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