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CVE-2025-31981 json

HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) Discovery is vulnerable to unenforced encryption

published 6mo ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2025-209542

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 0%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) Discovery is vulnerable to unenforced encryption due to port 80 (HTTP) being open, allowing unencrypted access.  An attacker with access to the network traffic can sniff packets from the connection and uncover the data.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
6mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • HCLSoftware BigFix Service Management (SM)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

Sources

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