Hardware chain-of-trust compromise via bootloader modification
Published Nov 3, 2022 · Updated May 2, 2025
Bootloader integrity failure in HPE ArubaOS on 7xxx series controllers allows remote authenticated users to compromise the hardware chain of trust. HPE identifies the bootloader as the affected locus but has not disclosed the command, interface, or validation failure that permits unauthorized modification. Exploitation requires high-privilege authenticated network access and high complexity; the reported consequence is integrity loss in the controller hardware trust path, without a stated confidentiality or availability impact.
Summary
What happened
Bootloader integrity failure in HPE ArubaOS on 7xxx series controllers allows remote authenticated users to compromise the hardware chain of trust. HPE identifies the bootloader as the affected locus but has not disclosed the command, interface, or validation failure that permits unauthorized modification. Exploitation requires high-privilege authenticated network access and high complexity; the reported consequence is integrity loss in the controller hardware trust path, without a stated confidentiality or availability impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-37908
- Published
- Nov 3, 2022
- Updated
- May 2, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-494, T1542
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Nov 3, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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