CVE-2025-31978

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
HCL SoftwareBigFix Service Management (SM)23affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-201: CWE-201: Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References