# CVE-2025-37131: Authenticated Arbitrary File Read allows Data Exposure in CLI Interface

> Authenticated admin users can read arbitrary system files, leading to sensitive data exposure in HPE Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-638c-jf9v-7hxv

## What is CVE-2025-37131?

CVE-2025-37131 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateway, published on 16 Sep 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in EdgeConnect SD-WAN ECOS could allow an authenticated remote threat actor with admin privileges to access sensitive unauthorized system files. Under certain conditions, this could lead to exposure and exfiltration of sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37131?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-37131?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-37131 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-37131 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37131 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-37131 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-37131 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateway, published on 16 Sep 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37131 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-2025-37131/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37131/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37131
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37131
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-37131

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