CVE-2019-5317 Auth bypass in Aruba Instant Access Points

Medium 6.8 Published 29 Mar 2021 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Local attackers can bypass authentication on Aruba Instant Access Points to gain elevated privileges or bypass security controls.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2019-5317?

CVE-2019-5317 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Siemens Scalance W1750d Firmware, published on 29 Mar 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A local authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered in some Aruba Instant Access Point (IAP) products in version(s): Aruba Instant 6.4.x: 6.4.4.8-4.2.4.18 and below; Aruba Instant 6.5.x: 6.5.4.15 and below; Aruba Instant 8.3.x: 8.3.0.11 and below; Aruba Instant 8.4.x: 8.4.0.5 and below; Aruba Instant 8.5.x: 8.5.0.6 and below; Aruba Instant 8.6.x: 8.6.0.2 and below. Aruba has released patches for Aruba Instant that address this security vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5317?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Arubanetworks Instant, Siemens Scalance W1750d Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5317?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5317 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2019-5317 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5317 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Siemens Scalance W1750d Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2c8c-2rmr-9rrp.