HPE Aruba Networking AOS-CX up to 10.16.1000 SSH Restricted Shell Interface access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability 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 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component SSH Restricted Shell Interface. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-37155. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability 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. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component SSH Restricted Shell Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the SSH restricted shell interface of the network management services allows improper access control for authenticated read-only users. If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker with read-only privileges to gain administrator access on the affected system.

The advisory is shared at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-37155 since 04/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/19/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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-2025-198074). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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