CVE-2025-37139 Vulnerability in AOS firmware allows for Authenticated Local malicious actor to Permanently Disable Boot
An authenticated local attacker can permanently delete boot information in ArubaOS firmware, rendering the device unbootable and requiring hardware replacement.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-37139?
CVE-2025-37139 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS), published on 14 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in an AOS firmware binary allows an authenticated malicious actor to permanently delete necessary boot information. Successful exploitation may render the system unbootable, resulting in a Denial of Service that can only be resolved by replacing the affected hardware.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37139?
How do I fix CVE-2025-37139?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-37139 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-37139 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37139 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-649w-qrg5-6785.