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CVE-2021-25162

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-25162 is a critical remote command execution vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Aruba Instant Access Point (IAP) products. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (High), this flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though with high attack complexity. While not currently on CISA's KEV catalog or showing widespread community discussion, public exploit code (EDB-50136) exists, indicating a potential for exploitation. Aruba has released patches to address this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.4.0.0, <= 6.4.4.8-4.2.4.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:instant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.5.0.0, < 6.5.4.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:instant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.3.0.0, < 8.3.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:instant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.5.0.0, < 8.5.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:instant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.6.0.0, < 8.6.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:instant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
25.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-50136 · Jul 15, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2557 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/163522/Aruba-Instant-IAP-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-723417.pdf
PatchThird Party Advisory
arubanetworks.com / assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2021-007.txt
Vendor Advisory