CVE-2025-25041 Arbitrary File Overwrite in HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) Microsoft Windows Client
Attackers can overwrite arbitrary files as SYSTEM, causing denial of service or privilege escalation on Windows systems using HPE VIA client.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-25041?
CVE-2025-25041 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Virtual Intranet Access (VIA), published on 1 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) client could allow malicious users to overwrite arbitrary files as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM (root). A successful exploit could allow the creation of a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition affecting the Microsoft Windows Operating System. This vulnerability does not affect Linux and Android based clients.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-25041?
How do I fix CVE-2025-25041?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-25041 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-25041 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-25041 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hc79-964w-vvqg.