Sensitive-data disclosure via unencrypted internal connections
Published Aug 28, 2025 · Updated Aug 28, 2025
Cleartext transmission in HCL BigFix Service Management 23 allows attackers to read sensitive data on internal connections. Connections between internal components send sensitive information without TLS, exposing the traffic to interception instead of protecting it in transit. Access to the adjacent network path is required, and the documented impact is disclosure of transmitted data without integrity or availability effects.
Summary
What happened
Cleartext transmission in HCL BigFix Service Management 23 allows attackers to read sensitive data on internal connections. Connections between internal components send sensitive information without TLS, exposing the traffic to interception instead of protecting it in transit. Access to the adjacent network path is required, and the documented impact is disclosure of transmitted data without integrity or availability effects.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-31972
- Published
- Aug 28, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 28, 2025
- Vendor
- HCL Software
- Product
- HCL BigFix Service Management
- Classifications
- CWE-319, T1040
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 28, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=23
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