CVE-2021-37731 Path traversal in Aruba SD-WAN Software and Gateways; Aruba Operating System Software

Medium 6.2 Published Updated

A local path traversal vulnerability in Aruba SD-WAN Software and Gateways allows attackers to access restricted files.

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

What is CVE-2021-37731?

CVE-2021-37731 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 7 Sep 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A local path traversal vulnerability was discovered in Aruba SD-WAN Software and Gateways; Aruba Operating System Software version(s): Prior to 8.6.0.0-2.2.0.4; Prior to 8.7.1.1, 8.6.0.7, 8.5.0.12, 8.3.0.16. Aruba has released patches for Aruba SD-WAN Software and Gateways and ArubaOS that address this security vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-37731?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Arubanetworks Arubaos, Arubanetworks Sd-Wan, Siemens Scalance W1750d Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2021-37731?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-37731 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2021-37731 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-37731 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Arubanetworks Arubaos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-36w5-5w82-56wp.

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