# CVE-2025-37098: Path traversal in Insight Remote Support

> An attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in HPE Insight Remote Support to read or modify arbitrary files on the server.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 1 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w423-vvw4-292j

## What is CVE-2025-37098?

CVE-2025-37098 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Insight Remote Support, published on 1 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in HPE Insight Remote Support (IRS) prior to v7.15.0.646.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37098?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hpe Insight Remote Support.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-37098?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-37098 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-37098 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37098 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Insight Remote Support

- [CVE-2025-37099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37099/): Code injection in Insight Remote Support (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-53676](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53676/): Path traversal in HPE Insight Remote Support (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-53673](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53673/): Deserialization in Insight Remote Support (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2025-37097](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37097/): Denial of service in Insight Remote Support (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-11622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11622/): XML external entity in HPE Insight Remote Support (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-37098 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-37098 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Insight Remote Support, published on 1 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37098 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Insight Remote Support. 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-2025-37098/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37098/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37098
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37098
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-37098

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.