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TI-2021-07418 Aliases CVE-2021-25140GHSA-gg79-jh7g-xcx7

Path traversal in HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager

Priority MEDIUM 56CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager v1.20. The HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager is an application that is installed in a VMWare or Microsoft Hyper-V environment that is used to setup and configure an HPE Moonshot 1500 chassis. This vulnerability could be remotely exploited by an unauthenticated user to cause a directory traversal in user supplied input to the `khuploadfile.cgi` CGI ELF. The directory traversal could lead to Remote Code Execution, Denial of Service, and/or compromise system integrity. **Note:** HPE recommends that customers discontinue the use of the HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager. The HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager application is discontinued, no longer supported, is not available to download from the HPE Support Center, and no patch is available.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.12515 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—HPE Moonshot Provisioning Managerv1.20—No fix listedCNA
  • HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager Vendor— Affected v1.20 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hp:moonshot_provisioning_manager:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.20VulnerableHewlett Packard Enterprise

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-25140
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gg79-jh7g-xcx7

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2021-07417 Out-of-bounds write in HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-05135 Exposure of resource to wrong sphere in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE Moonshot… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-05136 A local arbitrary file modification vulnerability was identified in HPE Moonshot Provisioning Manager prior to v1.24. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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