CVE-2025-31976
Insufficiently Protected Credentials in HCL BigFix Service Management
Publication date: 2026-05-06
Last updated on: 2026-05-06
Assigner: HCL Software
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| hcl | bigfix_service_management | * |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-200 | The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) has a vulnerability where credentials are insufficiently protected for a short duration during communication with a backend internal application. This weakness could allow an attacker to potentially misuse these credentials if they manage to exfiltrate them.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
If an attacker successfully exploits this vulnerability, they could obtain and misuse credentials that are temporarily exposed during communication. This could lead to unauthorized access or actions within the affected system, potentially compromising confidentiality and integrity.
How does this vulnerability affect compliance with common standards and regulations (like GDPR, HIPAA)?:
The vulnerability involves insufficiently protected credentials during communication with a backend internal application, which could allow an attacker to misuse them if exfiltrated.
Such exposure of credentials could potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive data, thereby impacting compliance with data protection standards and regulations like GDPR and HIPAA that require safeguarding of sensitive information.
However, the provided information does not explicitly state the direct impact on compliance with these standards.