Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in PAPI
CVE-2024-31473

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
HP
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 May 2024

Summary

A command injection vulnerability exists in the deauthentication service of Aruba Access Points, where an attacker can potentially exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system. By sending specially crafted packets to the PAPI (Aruba's Access Point management protocol) UDP port 8211, it is possible to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution, posing significant risks to network integrity and security.

Affected Version(s)

Aruba InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 InstantOS or ArubaOS (access points) 10.5.x.x: 10.5.1.0 and below.

Aruba InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 InstantOS or ArubaOS (access points) 10.5.x.x: 10.5.1.0 and below.

Aruba InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 InstantOS or ArubaOS (access points) 10.4.x.x: 10.4.1.0 and below.

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Erik De Jong (bugcrowd.com/erikdejong
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