CVE-2025-31959 PUBLISHED

HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) application fails to strip EXIF metadata from uploaded images.

Assigner: HCL
Reserved: 01.04.2025 Published: 06.05.2026 Updated: 06.05.2026

HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) application fails to strip EXIF metadata from uploaded images. This could lead to confidentiality and privacy risks if sensitive location information is unintentionally shared. .

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 3.5

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	HCL Software
Product	BigFix Service Management (SM)
Versions	Default: unaffected Version 23 is affected

References

https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0128144

Problem Types

CWE-1230: Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Metadata. CWE