CVE-2025-31978

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.6
Exploit probability—
ProductHcltech Bigfix Service Management
PublishedMay 6, 2026
First seenMay 6, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-201CWE-201

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
hcltech bigfix_service_management23.0—

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