CVE-2025-37179VulnerabilityPublished 13 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-37179: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS) · Vulnerability

Affects Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS)Source CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

5.3Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 29% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: Low: Performance is reduced or there are interruptions in resource availability. Even if repeated exploitation of the vulnerability is possible, the attacker does not have the ability to completely deny service to legitimate users. The resources in the impacted component are either partially available all of the time, or fully available only some of the time, but overall there is no direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 13 Jan 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 2026-10-25.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)ArubaOS (AOS)	Affected >=8.12.0.0 <=8.13.1.0 >=8.10.0.0 <=8.10.0.20	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Monitor Hewlett Packard Enterprise advisories closely and apply official patches or firmware updates for ArubaOS versions 8.10.0.0 and 8.12.0.0 as soon as they become available. 2. Implement network segmentation to isolate critical ArubaOS devices from untrusted networks, reducing exposure to remote exploitation attempts. 3. Deploy intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS) with signatures or behavioral rules to detect anomalous traffic patterns that may trigger the vulnerability. 4. Regularly audit and update network device configurations to minimize unnecessary services and restrict management access to trusted administrators only. 5. Establish robust redundancy and failover mechanisms for wireless and wired network infrastructure to mitigate potential service disruptions. 6. Conduct proactive vulnerability scanning and penetration testing focused on network infrastructure to identify and remediate similar memory safety issues. 7. Maintain comprehensive logging and monitoring of ArubaOS devices to quickly detect crashes or abnormal behavior indicative of exploitation attempts. 8. Educate network operations and security teams about this vulnerability and response procedures to ensure rapid incident handling.

Description

CVE-2025-37179 is a medium severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise's ArubaOS versions 8.10.0.0 and 8.12.0.0. It involves multiple out-of-bounds read flaws due to improper validation of buffer size values, which can cause the affected process to read beyond intended memory boundaries. Exploitation under specific conditions may lead to process crashes, resulting in denial-of-service (DoS) conditions. The vulnerability does not impact confidentiality or integrity and requires no authentication or user interaction.

Impact

For European organizations, the primary impact of CVE-2025-37179 is potential denial-of-service conditions affecting network infrastructure devices running vulnerable ArubaOS versions. This can lead to temporary loss of wireless or wired network connectivity, disrupting business operations, communications, and access to critical services. While the vulnerability does not expose sensitive data or allow unauthorized changes, the availability impact can be significant in environments relying heavily on Aruba networking equipment for internal and external connectivity. Sectors such as finance, healthcare, government, and telecommunications could face operational disruptions, especially if redundancy and failover mechanisms are not robust. Additionally, attackers could leverage this vulnerability as part of a broader attack chain to degrade network reliability or distract security teams. The lack of known exploits reduces immediate risk, but the ease of exploitation without authentication means that threat actors could develop exploits rapidly once the vulnerability is public knowledge. Therefore, European enterprises should prioritize detection and mitigation to maintain network service continuity.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessCWE Top 25 (2025): #8
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Implementation · Input Validation
Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
Architecture and Design · Language Selection
Use a language that provides appropriate memory abstractions.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
XML Security (opens in a new tab)
Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V13.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.3 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Overread Buffers (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw04987en_us&docLocale=en_US (opens in a new tab)

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Affected software

Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 21 Jan 2026, 02:57 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-125

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