CVE-2025-37164: Critical unauthenticated RCE affecting Hewlett Packard Enterprise OneView


On December 17, 2025, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) published an advisory for CVE-2025-37164, a CVSS 10.0 vulnerability in HPE OneView. The vulnerability, which was reported to HPE by security researcher Nguyen Quoc Khanh, facilitates unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on versions of HPE OneView before 11.0. Defenders are advised to prioritize upgrading to version 11.0 or applying the emergency hotfixes (HPE OneView virtual appliance hotfix, HPE Synergy hotfix) as soon as possible.

OneView sits at a privileged control plane for enterprise infrastructure, so successful exploitation isn’t just about establishing remote code execution, it’s about gaining centralized control over servers, firmware, and lifecycle management at scale.

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Source: Rapid7


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