HPE Aruba Networking AOS-CX up to 10.16.1000 command injection

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in HPE Aruba Networking AOS-CX up to 10.10.1160/10.13.1090/10.14.1050/10.15.1020/10.16.1000. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in command injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-37158. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in HPE Aruba Networking AOS-CX up to 10.10.1160/10.13.1090/10.14.1050/10.15.1020/10.16.1000. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A command injection vulnerability exists in the AOS-CX Operating System. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated remote attacker to conduct a Remote Code Execution (RCE) on the affected system.

The advisory is shared for download at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-37158 since 04/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 12/05/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-198067). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Vendor

• HPE

Name

• Aruba Networking 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
• 10.10.1160
• 10.11
• 10.12
• 10.13
• 10.13.1090
• 10.14
• 10.14.1050
• 10.15
• 10.15.1020
• 10.16.1000

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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