CVE-2019-5326 Deserialization in AirWave Management Platform

High 7.2 Published Updated

Administrative users can achieve code execution on the Aruba AirWave platform by overwriting a file that is subsequently deserialized by the Java application.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-5326?

CVE-2019-5326 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in AirWave Management Platform, published on 27 Feb 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An administrative application user of or application user with write access to Aruba Airwave VisualRF is able to obtain code execution on the AMP platform. This is possible due to the ability to overwrite a file on disk which is subsequently deserialized by the Java application component.

Weakness: CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5326?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Arubanetworks Airwave.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5326?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5326 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2019-5326 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5326 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x8jm-4c7g-vg4f.

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