CVE-2025-52622Network attack vector

Client-side attack exposure via missing HTTP security headers

Published Dec 2, 2025 · Updated Dec 8, 2025

Missing security headers in HCL Software BigFix SaaS Remediate allow remote attackers to target users with client-side web attacks. The SaaS service emits HTTP responses without unspecified security headers, leaving browser safeguards against XSS, clickjacking, and protocol downgrade attacks inactive. Exploitation requires user interaction; HCL has not disclosed the affected responses, omitted header names, or a concrete exploit path.

CVSS severity5.4
Medium
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Missing security headers in HCL Software BigFix SaaS Remediate allow remote attackers to target users with client-side web attacks. The SaaS service emits HTTP responses without unspecified security headers, leaving browser safeguards against XSS, clickjacking, and protocol downgrade attacks inactive. Exploitation requires user interaction; HCL has not disclosed the affected responses, omitted header names, or a concrete exploit path.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-52622
Published
Dec 2, 2025
Updated
Dec 8, 2025
Vendor
HCL Software
Product
BigFix SaaS Remediate
Classifications
CWE-1188
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Dec 2, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Dec 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

HCL Software · BigFix SaaS Remediateversion=0

Published CVSS scores

5.4HCL SoftwareCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-1188Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

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