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CVE-2025-1036VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-1036: Hitachi Energy TropOS 4th Gen · OS Command Injection

Affects Hitachi Energy TropOS 4th GenSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.7 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.7High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 63% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 28 Oct 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Hitachi Energy TropOS 4th GenAffected
  • =8.7.0.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Immediately restrict network access to the TropOS 4th Gen web-based configuration utility by implementing strict firewall rules and network segmentation to limit access only to trusted administrators. 2. Enforce strong authentication mechanisms and monitor authentication logs for unusual access patterns to detect potential misuse of low privileged accounts. 3. Deploy intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS) capable of identifying command injection attempts or anomalous command executions on TropOS devices. 4. Regularly audit and review device configurations and logs for signs of compromise or unauthorized command execution. 5. Coordinate with Hitachi Energy to obtain and apply security patches or firmware updates as soon as they become available. 6. Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) for access to the configuration utility to reduce the risk of credential compromise. 7. Conduct security awareness training for administrators to recognize and report suspicious activity related to device management interfaces. 8. Consider deploying network anomaly detection tools specialized for industrial control systems to identify lateral movement or exploitation attempts. 9. Maintain an incident response plan tailored for operational technology environments to quickly contain and remediate any detected exploitation.

Description

Command injection vulnerability exists in the “Logging” page of the web-based configuration utility. An authenticated user with low privileged network access for the configuration utility can execute arbitrary commands on the underlying OS to obtain root SSH access to the TropOS 4th Gen device.

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