CVE-2025-31977 (GCVE-0-2025-31977)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-28 17:00 – Updated: 2025-08-28 17:14
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Summary
HCL BigFix SM is affected by cryptographic weakness due to weak or outdated encryption algorithms.  An attacker with network access could exploit this weakness to decrypt or manipulate encrypted communications under certain conditions.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-311 - Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
Assigner
HCL
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
HCL Software BigFix Service Management (SM) Affected: 23 (Framework)
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