CVE-2025-37105

Unauthenticated code execution via hard-coded database credentials

Published Jul 16, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

Remote code execution in HPE AutoPass License Server before 9.18 allows remote attackers to run code through its HSQLDB service. The HSQLDB service listens on TCP port 9001 by default and accepts hard-coded credentials, enabling commands to run as SYSTEM. Exploitation requires adjacent-network reachability but no authentication, and successful exploitation grants SYSTEM-level code execution.

CVSS severity7.5
High
EPSS probability0.62%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Remote code execution in HPE AutoPass License Server before 9.18 allows remote attackers to run code through its HSQLDB service. The HSQLDB service listens on TCP port 9001 by default and accepts hard-coded credentials, enabling commands to run as SYSTEM. Exploitation requires adjacent-network reachability but no authentication, and successful exploitation grants SYSTEM-level code execution.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-37105
Published
Jul 16, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Product
HPE AutoPass License Server
Classifications
CWE-94, T1210
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 16, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <9.18

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) · HPE AutoPass License Serverversion=0 <9.18

Published CVSS scores

7.5Hewlett Packard EnterpriseCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
T1210Exploitation of Remote Services

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