CVE-2025-37186

HighLPE

Published: 13 January 2026

Published

13 January 2026

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0001 0.4th percentile

Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-37186 is a high-severity Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) vulnerability in Hpe (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 0.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068). What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

Directly remediates the specific privilege-escalation flaw in the HPE Aruba VIA client by identifying, reporting, and applying vendor patches promptly.

AC-6 Least Privilege good match

prevent

Addresses CWE-269 improper privilege management by ensuring the VIA client and local processes operate with least privileges, blocking escalation to root.

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match

prevent

Enforces access control policies via a reference monitor to prevent unauthorized privilege elevation from low-privileged local attackers exploiting the VIA client vulnerability.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.

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Why these techniques?

Local privilege escalation vulnerability directly enables T1068 (Exploitation for Privilege Escalation) to obtain root-level arbitrary code execution.

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

NVD Description

A local privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in the HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) client. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privileges.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-37186 is a local privilege-escalation vulnerability in the HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) client. It enables a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privileges, as identified under CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management). The vulnerability received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and was published on 2026-01-13.

A local attacker with low privileges, such as a standard user on the affected system, can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation grants root-level arbitrary code execution, potentially allowing full system compromise, data theft, persistence, or further lateral movement within the environment.

The HPE advisory at https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw04994en_us&docLocale=en_US provides details on mitigation, including available patches and remediation steps for the VIA client. Security practitioners should consult this document for version-specific guidance and apply updates promptly.