CVE-2025-37170
Published: 13 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-37170 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 25.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Authenticated command injection in web management interface directly enables exploitation of public-facing app (T1190) for arbitrary Unix shell command execution (T1059.004).
NVD Description
Authenticated command injection vulnerabilities exist in the web-based management interface of mobility conductors running AOS-8 operating system. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated malicious actor to execute arbitrary commands as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-37170 is an authenticated command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) in the web-based management interface of mobility conductors running the AOS-8 operating system. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity due to its potential for significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability was published on 2026-01-13.
An authenticated malicious actor with high privileges (PR:H) can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as a privileged user on the underlying operating system, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected device.
For mitigation details, refer to the HPE security advisory at https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw04987en_us&docLocale=en_US.
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