Hardware Root of Trust Bypass in 9200 and 9000 Series Controllers and Gateways
CVE-2023-38486

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

HP
Status
9200 Series Mobility Controllers And Sd-wan Gateways, 9000 Series Mobility Controllers And Sd-wan Gateways
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 September 2023

What is CVE-2023-38486?

A vulnerability in the secure boot implementation on affected Aruba 9200 and 9000 Series Controllers and Gateways allows an attacker to bypass security controls which would normally prohibit unsigned kernel images from executing. An attacker can use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary runtime operating systems, including unverified and unsigned OS images.

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Affected Version(s)

9200 Series Mobility Controllers and SD-WAN Gateways, 9000 Series Mobility Controllers and SD-WAN Gateways ArubaOS 10.4.x.x

9200 Series Mobility Controllers and SD-WAN Gateways, 9000 Series Mobility Controllers and SD-WAN Gateways ArubaOS 10.4.x.x

9200 Series Mobility Controllers and SD-WAN Gateways, 9000 Series Mobility Controllers and SD-WAN Gateways ArubaOS 8.11.x.x

References

https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2023...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Nicholas Starke of Aruba Threat Labs
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