CVE-2025-37166 (GCVE-0-2025-37166)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-13 17:42 – Updated: 2026-05-10 13:24
VLAI
Title
Unexpected shutdown in HPE Instant On Access Points after processing specific packets
Summary
A vulnerability affecting HPE Networking Instant On Access Points has been identified where a device processing a specially crafted packet could enter a non-responsive state, in some cases requiring a hard reset to re-establish services. A malicious actor could leverage this vulnerability to conduct a Denial-of-Service attack on a target network.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
hpe
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Instant On Affected: 3.0.0.0 , ≤ 3.3.1.0 (semver)
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Credits
Petr Chelmar
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