# CVE-2025-37176: Authenticated Command Injection Vulnerability in an AOS-8 operating system's internal workflow

> Authenticated privileged users can inject shell commands via package headers in ArubaOS, enabling arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 13 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rx4q-53fc-mcc4

## What is CVE-2025-37176?

CVE-2025-37176 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 13 Jan 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A command injection vulnerability in AOS-8 allows an authenticated privileged user to alter a package header to inject shell commands, potentially affecting the execution of internal operations. Successful exploit could allow an authenticated malicious actor to execute commands with the privileges of the impacted mechanism.

Weakness: CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37176?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Arubanetworks Arubaos.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-37176?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-37176 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-37176 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37176 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Arubanetworks Arubaos

- [CVE-2024-42393](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42393/): Memory corruption in Hpe Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-42394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42394/): Memory corruption in HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-42395](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42395/): Memory corruption in HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31466/): Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31467](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31467/): Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-37176 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-37176 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 13 Jan 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37176 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Arubanetworks Arubaos. 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-2025-37176/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37176/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37176
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37176
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-37176

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37176/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.