HPE AOS-CX up to 10.14.1040/10.15.1000 Port ACL improper authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HPE AOS-CX up to 10.14.1040/10.15.1000. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Port ACL. Performing a manipulation results in improper authorization. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-25040. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in HPE AOS-CX up to 10.14.1040/10.15.1000. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block of the component Port ACL. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in the port ACL functionality of AOS-CX software running on the HPE Aruba Networking CX 9300 Switch Series only and affects: - AOS-CX 10.14.xxxx : All patches - AOS-CX 10.15.xxxx : 10.15.1000 and below The vulnerability is specific to traffic originated by the CX 9300 switch platform and could allow an attacker to bypass ACL rules applied to routed ports on egress. As a result, port ACLs are not correctly enforced, which could lead to unauthorized traffic flow and violations of security policies. Egress VLAN ACLs and Routed VLAN ACLs are not affected by this vulnerability.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-25040 since 01/31/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/18/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• HPE

Name

• AOS-CX

Version

• 10.0
• 10.1
• 10.2
• 10.3
• 10.4
• 10.5
• 10.6
• 10.7
• 10.8
• 10.9
• 10.10
• 10.11
• 10.12
• 10.13
• 10.14
• 10.14.1040
• 10.15.1000

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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