CVE-2021-25141

MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: February 9, 2021 at 04:11 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:41 AM UTC
37 products affected across 2 vendorsAruba 2530YB FirmwareAruba 2920 FirmwareAruba 3800 Firmware

Using 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 and 3500 yl Switch Series; Aruba 3810M Switch Series; HPE 8200 zl Switch Series; Aruba 2620 Switch Series; Aruba 5400 zl Switch Series; HPE 6200 yl Switch Series by N/A?

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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < ya.16.10.0012
Affected range stops below ya.16.10.0012, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
arubanetworks-aruba-2530ya (same device)
v < yb.16.10.0012
Affected range stops below yb.16.10.0012, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
arubanetworks-aruba-2530yb (same device)
v < yc.16.10.0012
Affected range stops below yc.16.10.0012, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
arubanetworks-aruba-2540 (same device)
v < ra.16.04.0022
Affected range stops below ra.16.04.0022, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
arubanetworks-aruba-2620 (same device)
v < wb.16.10.0011
Affected range stops below wb.16.10.0011, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
arubanetworks-aruba-2920 (same device)
v < wc.16.10.0012
Affected range stops below wc.16.10.0012, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
arubanetworks-aruba-2930f (same device)
v < wc.16.10.0012
Affected range stops below wc.16.10.0012, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
arubanetworks-aruba-2930m (same device)
v < ka.16.04.0022
Affected range stops below ka.16.04.0022, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
arubanetworks-aruba-3800 (same device)
v < kb.16.10.0012
Affected range stops below kb.16.10.0012, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
arubanetworks-aruba-3810m (same device)
v < kb.16.10.0012
Affected range stops below kb.16.10.0012, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
arubanetworks-aruba-5406r-zl2 (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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