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CVE-2025-37147· NVD / CVE Program· CNA hpe

Secure Boot Bypass allows for Compromise of Hardware Root of Trust

A Secure Boot Bypass Vulnerability exists in affected Access Points that allows an adversary to bypass the hardware root of trust verification in place to ensure only vendor-signed firmware can execute on the device. An adversary can exploit this vulnerability to run modified or custom firmware on affected Access Points.

HighCVSS 7.1 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Oct 14, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 4th percentile
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Action score

28

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · hpe
7.1
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (hpe). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS)

    • 10.7.0.0 and later · up to and including 10.7.1.1affected · semver
    • 10.4.0.0 and later · up to and including 10.4.1.8affected · semver
    • 8.13.0.0 and later · up to and including 8.13.0.1affected · semver
    • 8.12.0.0 and later · up to and including 8.12.0.5affected · semver
    • 8.10.0.0 and later · up to and including 8.10.0.18affected · semver

Same product

hewlett packard enterprise (hpe): all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-37146Unauthorized Filesystem Operations in System Firmware allow Authenticated Remote Code Execution
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2025-37148Kernel Panic triggered by Modified Ethernet Frames leads to Denial of Service Vulnerability
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2025-37139Vulnerability in AOS firmware allows for Authenticated Local malicious actor to Permanently Disable Boot
    24Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

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Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

  • CVE-2025-371460 days apartUnauthorized Filesystem Operations in System Firmware allow Authenticated Remote Code Execution
    28Monitor

Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-290 · Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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