HPE Aruba Networking AOS-CX up to 10.16.1000 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic 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. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-37156. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

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 rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

A platform-level denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability exists in ArubaOS-CX software. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with administrative access to execute specific code that renders the switch non-bootable and effectively non-functional.

The advisory is shared for download at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-37156 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/05/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
11/18/2025 +216 days Advisory disclosed
11/18/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/05/2025 +17 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hpe.com

Advisory: support.hpe.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-37156 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-37156
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-332864

Entryinfo

Created: 11/18/2025 20:28
Updated: 12/05/2025 15:51
Changes: 11/18/2025 20:28 (61), 12/05/2025 15:51 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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