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CVE-2021-25141: A security vulnerability has been identified in in certain HPE and Aruba L2/L3 switch firmware.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 17/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.29% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A security vulnerability has been identified in in certain HPE and Aruba L2/L3 switch firmware. A data processing error due to improper handling of an unexpected data type in user supplied information to the switch's management interface has been identified. The data processing error could be exploited to cause a crash or reboot in the switch management interface and/or possibly the switch itself leading to local denial of service (DoS). The user must have administrator privileges to exploit this vulnerability.

MediumCVSS 4.4 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Feb 9, 2021
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 22th percentile
CWE
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Action score

17

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
hpe8200 zl firmware
hpe8200 zl
hpe6200 yl firmware
hpe6200 yl
hpe3500 firmware
hpe3500
hpe3500 yl firmware
hpe3500 yl
arubanetworksaruba 5406r zl2 firmware
arubanetworksaruba 5406r zl2
arubanetworksaruba 5412r zl2 firmware
arubanetworksaruba 5412r zl2

and 18 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • arubanetworks aruba 2530ya firmwarebefore ya.16.10.0012
  • arubanetworks aruba 2530yb firmwarebefore yb.16.10.0012
  • arubanetworks aruba 2540 firmwarebefore yc.16.10.0012
  • arubanetworks aruba 2620 firmwarebefore ra.16.04.0022
  • arubanetworks aruba 2920 firmwarebefore wb.16.10.0011
  • arubanetworks aruba 2930f firmwarebefore wc.16.10.0012
  • arubanetworks aruba 2930m firmwarebefore wc.16.10.0012
  • arubanetworks aruba 3800 firmwarebefore ka.16.04.0022
  • arubanetworks aruba 3810m firmwarebefore kb.16.10.0012
  • arubanetworks aruba 5406r zl2 firmwarebefore kb.16.10.0012
  • arubanetworks aruba 5412r zl2 firmwarebefore kb.16.10.0012
  • hpe 3500 firmwarebefore k.16.02.0032
  • hpe 3500 yl firmwarebefore k.16.02.0032
  • hpe 6200 yl firmwarebefore k.15.18.0024
  • hpe 8200 zl firmwarebefore k.15.18.0024

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.

  • n/a Aruba 5400R zl2 Switch Series; Aruba 2930F Switch Series; Aruba 2920 Switch Series; Aruba 2930M Switch Series; Aruba 2530 Switch Series; Aruba 2540 Switch Series; Aruba 3800 Switch Series; HPE 3500 an

    • Prior to KB.16.10.0012, - Prior to WC.16.10.0012, - Prior to WB.16.10.0011, - Aruba 2530YA prior to YA.16.10.0012 / Aruba 2530YB prior YB.16.10.0012, - Prior to YC.16.10.0012, - Prior to KA.16.04.0022, - Prior to K.16.02.0032, - Prior to KB.16.10.0012, - Prior to K.15.18.0024, - Prior to RA.16.04.0022affected

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.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

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

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

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

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

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

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

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

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

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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