CVE-2025-31973
HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is susceptible to a Configuration – 'Insecure Use of Base Image Version'
HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is susceptible to a Configuration – 'Insecure Use of Base Image Version'. Using outdated or insecure base images may introduce known vulnerabilities, potentially increasing the risk of exploitation in the application environment.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is susceptible to a Configuration – 'Insecure Use of Base Image Version'
HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is susceptible to a Configuration – 'Insecure Use of Base Image Version'. Using outdated or insecure base images may introduce known vulnerabilities, potentially increasing the risk of exploitation in the application environment.
- Record
CVE-2025-31973- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-1395
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-209905
HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is susceptible to a Configuration – 'Insecure Use of Base Image Version'. Using outdated or insecure base images may introduce known vulnerabilities, potentially increasing the risk of exploitation in the application environment.
- Record
EUVD-2025-209905- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4m6q-wqc9-g2m5
HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is susceptible to a Configuration – 'Insecure Use of Base...
HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is susceptible to a Configuration – 'Insecure Use of Base Image Version'. Using outdated or insecure base images may introduce known vulnerabilities, potentially increasing the risk of exploitation in the application environment.
- Record
GHSA-4m6q-wqc9-g2m5- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
HCL BigFix Service Management (SM) is susceptible to a Configuration – 'Insecure Use of Base Image Version'. Using outdated or insecure base images may introduce known vulnerabilities, potentially increasing the risk of exploitation in the application environment.
- Record
CVE-2025-31973- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-31973 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Hcl Bigfix Service Management (sm), published May 20, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. No source names a fixed version.