# CVE-2025-37156: ArubaOS-CX Platform-Level Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

> An attacker with administrative access can execute code to render ArubaOS-CX switches non-bootable, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vj2x-2m5r-mx2p

## What is CVE-2025-37156?

CVE-2025-37156 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hpe Arubaos-Cx, published on 18 Nov 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A platform-level denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability exists in ArubaOS-CX software. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with administrative access to execute specific code that renders the switch non-bootable and effectively non-functional.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37156?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hpe Arubaos-Cx.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-37156?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-37156 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-37156 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37156 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hpe Arubaos-Cx

- [CVE-2026-73749](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73749/): Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities lead to Remote Code Execution in AOS-CX (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-23813](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23813/): Authentication Bypass in Web Interface allows Unauthenticated Admin Password Reset (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-73750](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73750/): Authenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in AOS-CX API Endpoint Leads to Possible Code Execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-73751](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73751/): Authenticated Remote Command Injection in AOS-CX Web-based Management Interface (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-73752](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73752/): Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability Leads to Remote Code Execution in AOS-CX (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-37156 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-37156 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hpe Arubaos-Cx, published on 18 Nov 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37156 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hpe Arubaos-Cx. 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-2025-37156/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37156/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37156
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37156
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-37156

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37156/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.