CVE-2025-37103
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedHard-coded login credentials were found in HPE Networking Instant On Access Points, allowing anyone with knowledge of it to bypass normal device authentication. Successful exploitation could allow a remote attacker to gain administrative access to the system.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceHard-coded login credentials were discovered in HPE Networking Instant On Access Points firmware. These credentials allow remote attackers to bypass normal device authentication and gain full administrative access without any legitimate user credentials. This is a pre-authentication vulnerability affecting the core authentication mechanism.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the device modelLog into the HPE Instant On web interface or CLI and run 'show system info' or check the device label to confirm the model is an HPE Networking Instant On Access PointAffected if Device is an HPE Networking Instant On Access Point model
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Check installed firmware versionIn the Instant On web interface, go to Help > About or run 'show version' via CLI to display the current firmware versionAffected if Firmware version matches or falls within any affected ranges published by HPE for this CVE
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Verify management interface exposureCheck network firewall rules and access control lists to determine if the HPE Instant On management interface (ports 443, 80) is accessible from untrusted or external networksAffected if Management interface is exposed to the internet or untrusted LAN segments
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Review access logs for unauthorized admin sessionsIn the Instant On dashboard, navigate to Monitoring > Logs or Audit Logs and search for administrative login events, especially from unfamiliar IP addresses or at unexpected timesAffected if Administrative sessions exist that were not initiated by legitimate administrators
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Check for credential-related anomaliesReview any stored credentials or integrated authentication settings in the Instant On configuration for unexpected hard-coded or undocumented accountsAffected if Unknown or undocumented administrative accounts are present in the device configuration
The environment is affected if the device is an HPE Networking Instant On Access Point running a firmware version that matches the affected ranges for CVE-2025-37103 and its management interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply available HPE firmware updates that remove the hard-coded credentials. If no patch is available, immediately restrict management interface exposure via firewall rules or network segmentation, and change any default credentials.
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