Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-37105

High

Published: 16 July 2025

Published
16 July 2025
Modified
25 July 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0095 76.8th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-37105 is a high-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Hpe Autopass License Server. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 23.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-2 (Flaw Remediation) and RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-37105 is an hsqldb-related remote code execution vulnerability affecting HPE AutoPass License Server (APLS) versions prior to 9.18. Classified under CWE-94 (code injection), it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and was published on 2025-07-16.

The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker with adjacent network access who performs a high-complexity attack without requiring privileges or user interaction. Successful exploitation enables remote code execution, resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected APLS instance.

The HPE security bulletin at https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbgn04877en_us details mitigation steps, including upgrading to APLS version 9.18 or later to address the hsqldb-related issue.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An hsqldb-related remote code execution vulnerability exists in HPE AutoPass License Server (APLS) prior to 9.18.

CWE(s)
CWE-94

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Direct RCE via code injection (CWE-94) on a network-accessible server application enables exploitation of public/adjacent-facing services.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

hpe
autopass license server
≤ 9.18

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Directly requires timely remediation of known flaws like CVE-2025-37105 through patching or upgrading APLS to version 9.18 or later.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning partial match
detect

Enables regular vulnerability scanning to identify the presence of the hsqldb-related vulnerability in APLS instances.

SI-10 Information Input Validation partial match
prevent

Mandates validation of inputs to the HPE AutoPass License Server to mitigate code injection exploitation of the hsqldb component.

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