CVE-2025-1037

Oct. 28, 2025, 1:15 p.m.

7.5
High

Description

By making minor configuration changes to the TropOS 4th Gen device, an authenticated user with the ability to run user level shell commands can enable access via secure shell (SSH) to an unrestricted root shell. This is possible through abuse of a particular set of scripts and executables that allow for certain commands to be run as root from an unprivileged context.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Hitachi
  • Energy
  • tropos

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a hitachi energy tropos 4th_gen / / / / / /

References

https://publisher.hitachienergy.com/preview?DocumentID=8DBD000214&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch

Tags

CWE-269
cybersecurity@hitachienergy.com
2025-10-28
CVE-2025-1037

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: ADJACENT
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: PRESENT
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: Oct. 28, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 28, 2025, 1:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cybersecurity@hitachienergy.com

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