CVE-2025-37168 Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability in AOS-8 Operating System
Unauthenticated remote attackers can delete arbitrary files on ArubaOS devices, potentially causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-37168?
CVE-2025-37168 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 13 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Arbitrary file deletion vulnerability have been identified in a system function of mobility conductors running AOS-8 operating system. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated remote malicious actor to delete arbitrary files within the affected system and potentially result in denial-of-service conditions on affected devices.
Weakness: CWE-552
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37168?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Arubanetworks Arubaos.
How do I fix CVE-2025-37168?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-37168 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-37168 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37168 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Arubanetworks Arubaos
- CVE-2024-42393 Memory corruption in Hpe Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10
- CVE-2024-42394 Memory corruption in HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10
- CVE-2024-42395 Memory corruption in HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10
- CVE-2024-31466 Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol
- CVE-2024-31467 Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol
Sources
Also known as GHSA-53h8-w7qc-w9rq.