HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, which could allow an attacker to inject and…

cve CVE-2026-56589 2 sources, 2 claims · Watch

NVD writes:
HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, which could allow an attacker to inject and store malicious scripts within the application that execute when a victim views the affected page, enabling session hijacking and the theft of sensitive data. the claim
Severity
high GitHub advisories
HIGH NVD
CVSS
7.2 GitHub advisories
7.2 NVD
Vendor
HCL Software NVD
Product
HCL BigFix Service Management NVD
CWE
CWE-79 GitHub advisories
CWE-79 NVD

How far exploitation has got

  1. No public code known
  2. Proof of concept
  3. Proof of concept, verified
  4. A Metasploit module
  5. Exploited in the wild
  6. Used in ransomware campaigns

Timeline

2026-10-01first spoke of it: HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability,...GitHub advisories
2026-10-01first spoke of it: HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, which could allow an attacker to inject and store malicious scripts within the application that execute when a victim views the affected page, enabling session hijacking and the theft of sensitive data.NVD

HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, which could allow an attacker to inject and store malicious scripts within the application that execute when a victim views the affected page, enabling session hijacking and the theft of sensitive data.

What it is to other things

affectshcltech/bigfix_service_management
NVD
made_byhcltech
NVD

In words only, so not counted until a person confirms one:

made_byhcl_software
NVD says “HCL Software”
affectshcl_software/hcl_bigfix_service_management
NVD says “HCL Software · HCL BigFix Service Management”
Every value, with what each source said and its receipt
PropertySourceSaidMeans here
Automatable
automatable
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Said since
2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered
2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original
open at the source
2026-10-06 12:31 UTCno
2026-10-02 12:00 UTC—
What the source handed over
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Original
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2026-10-06 12:31 UTCnone
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vulnerability

HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, which could allow an attacker to inject and store malicious scripts within the application that execute when a victim views the affected page, enabling session hijacking and the theft of sensitive data.
zetlyn/cve-nvd · 2026-10-01
automatable no cvss 7.2 cvss_vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N cwe CWE-79 exploitation none product HCL BigFix Service Management severity HIGH status Analyzed technical_impact partial vendor HCL Software source
HCL BigFix Service Management is affected by a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability,...
zetlyn/cve-ghsa · 2026-10-01
cvss 7.2 cwe CWE-79 severity high source