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CVE-2025-31981

HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) Discovery is vulnerable to unenforced encryption due to port 80 (HTTP) being open, al

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.0001
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Weakness Classification

CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
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Affected Products & Versions

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hcltech bigfix service managementall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

5.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · psirt@hcl.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD21 Apr 2026 · 03:16 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0127605Vendor Advisory
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