CVE-2025-1038 Command injection in TropOS 4th Gen
Authenticated high-privilege users can inject commands to execute SUID applications and gain root access on TropOS devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-1038?
CVE-2025-1038 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Hitachi Energy TropOS 4th Gen, published on 28 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The “Diagnostics Tools” page of the web-based configuration utility does not properly validate user-controlled input, allowing an authenticated user with high privileges to inject commands into the command shell of the TropOS 4th Gen device. The injected commands can be exploited to execute several set-uid (SUID) applications to ultimately gain root access to the TropOS device.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1038?
How do I fix CVE-2025-1038?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1038 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-1038 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1038 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-28jm-jxrw-gvxg.