# CVE-2021-25166: Command injection in Aruba AirWave Management Platform

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands on Aruba AirWave Management Platform, leading to unauthorized access and potential system compromise.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Apr 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m4cv-c3xv-2q8v

## What is CVE-2021-25166?

CVE-2021-25166 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Aruba AirWave Management Platform, published on 29 Apr 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A remote unauthorized access vulnerability was discovered in Aruba AirWave Management Platform version(s) prior to 8.2.12.1. Aruba has released patches for AirWave Management Platform that address this security vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25166?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Arubanetworks Airwave.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-25166?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25166 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-25166 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25166 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Aruba AirWave Management Platform

- [CVE-2016-2031](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2031/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-8368](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8368/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2021-25167](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25167/): Command injection in Aruba AirWave Management Platform (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-25151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25151/): Deserialization in Aruba AirWave Management Platform (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-26960](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-26960/): Cross-site request forgery in Aruba AirWave Management Platform (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-25166 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-25166 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Aruba AirWave Management Platform, published on 29 Apr 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25166 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Aruba AirWave Management Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25166/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25166/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25166
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25166
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25166

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25166/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.