Vulnerability · Published Oct 28, 2025 · Assigned by Hitachi Energy
CVE-2025-1037
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity privilege mismanagement in TropOS 4th Gen from Hitachi Energy. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Hitachi Energy | TropOS 4th Gen | 8.7.0.0 – through 8.9.6.0 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: 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