# CVE-2025-37186: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) Client for Linux

> A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability in the HPE VIA Client to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qp9g-xphh-469w

## What is CVE-2025-37186?

CVE-2025-37186 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Virtual Intranet Access (VIA), published on 13 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A local privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in the HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) client. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privileges.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37186?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-37186?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-37186 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-37186 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37186 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-37186 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-37186 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Virtual Intranet Access (VIA), published on 13 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37186 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Virtual Intranet Access (VIA). 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-2025-37186/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37186/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37186
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37186
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-37186

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37186/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.