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CVE-2021-25141

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-02-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected products

• Arubanetworks Aruba 2530Ya Firmware: before ya.16.10.0012 — fixed in ya.16.10.0012
• Arubanetworks Aruba 2530Yb Firmware: before yb.16.10.0012 — fixed in yb.16.10.0012
• Arubanetworks Aruba 2540 Firmware: before yc.16.10.0012 — fixed in yc.16.10.0012
• Arubanetworks Aruba 2620 Firmware: before ra.16.04.0022 — fixed in ra.16.04.0022
• Arubanetworks Aruba 2920 Firmware: before wb.16.10.0011 — fixed in wb.16.10.0011
• Arubanetworks Aruba 2930F Firmware: before wc.16.10.0012 — fixed in wc.16.10.0012
• Arubanetworks Aruba 2930M Firmware: before wc.16.10.0012 — fixed in wc.16.10.0012
• Arubanetworks Aruba 3800 Firmware: before ka.16.04.0022 — fixed in ka.16.04.0022
• Arubanetworks Aruba 3810M Firmware: before kb.16.10.0012 — fixed in kb.16.10.0012
• Arubanetworks Aruba 5406R Zl2 Firmware: before kb.16.10.0012 — fixed in kb.16.10.0012
• Arubanetworks Aruba 5412R Zl2 Firmware: before kb.16.10.0012 — fixed in kb.16.10.0012
• HPE 3500 Firmware: before k.16.02.0032 — fixed in k.16.02.0032
• HPE 3500 Yl Firmware: before k.16.02.0032 — fixed in k.16.02.0032
• HPE 6200 Yl Firmware: before k.15.18.0024 — fixed in k.15.18.0024
• HPE 8200 Zl Firmware: before k.15.18.0024 — fixed in k.15.18.0024

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Arubanetworks Aruba 2530Ya Firmware ya.16.10.0012; Arubanetworks Aruba 2530Yb Firmware yb.16.10.0012; Arubanetworks Aruba 2540 Firmware yc.16.10.0012; Arubanetworks Aruba 2620 Firmware ra.16.04.0022; Arubanetworks Aruba 2920 Firmware wb.16.10.0011; Arubanetworks Aruba 2930F Firmware wc.16.10.0012; Arubanetworks Aruba 2930M Firmware wc.16.10.0012; Arubanetworks Aruba 3800 Firmware ka.16.04.0022; Arubanetworks Aruba 3810M Firmware kb.16.10.0012; Arubanetworks Aruba 5406R Zl2 Firmware kb.16.10.0012; Arubanetworks Aruba 5412R Zl2 Firmware kb.16.10.0012; HPE 3500 Firmware k.16.02.0032. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbnw04082en_us
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbnw04082en_us

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