CVE-2025-37178 Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerabilities Leading to Process Crash in AOS-8 Operating System

Medium 5.3 Published 13 Jan 2026 Updated 13 Jan 2026

An attacker can cause a process crash and denial of service in ArubaOS by exploiting out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in buffer handling.

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-2025-37178?

CVE-2025-37178 is a medium-severity denial of service 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

Multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities were identified in a system component responsible for handling certain data buffers. Due to insufficient validation of maximum buffer size values, the process may attempt to read beyond the intended memory region. Under specific conditions, this can result in a crash of the affected process and a potential denial-of-service of the compromised process.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37178?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Arubanetworks Arubaos.

How do I fix CVE-2025-37178?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-37178 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-2025-37178 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37178 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-2vpx-j6gq-83g2.