# CVE-2025-37128: Authenticated Arbitrary Process Termination allows potential System Disruption in ECOS

> Authenticated attackers can terminate arbitrary processes on HPE Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways, causing system disruption and instability.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c5p3-xhr8-mww5

## What is CVE-2025-37128?

CVE-2025-37128 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateway, published on 16 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web API of HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways could allow an authenticated remote attacker to terminate arbitrary running processes. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to disrupt system operations, potentially resulting in an unstable system state.

Weakness: CWE-250 (Execution with Unnecessary Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37128?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-37128?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-37128 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-37128 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37128 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-37128 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-37128 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateway, published on 16 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37128 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateway. 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-2025-37128/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37128/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37128
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37128
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-37128

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37128/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.