CVE-2023-22752 Unauthenticated Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in the PAPI Protocol

Critical 9.8 Published 28 Feb 2023 Updated 11 Mar 2025

Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code with privileged access on Aruba network devices via crafted PAPI packets.

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

What is CVE-2023-22752?

CVE-2023-22752 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 28 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

There are stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets destined to the PAPI (Aruba Networks access point management protocol) UDP port (8211). Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities result in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22752?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Arubanetworks Arubaos, Arubanetworks Sd-Wan.

How do I fix CVE-2023-22752?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22752 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2023-22752 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22752 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Arubanetworks Arubaos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mq8g-hxpm-gp2h.