CVE-2023-22785 Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in Services Accessed by the PAPI Protocol

Critical 9.8 Published 8 May 2023 Updated 31 Jan 2025

Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code with privileged access on Aruba Access Points via buffer overflows in the PAPI protocol.

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-2023-22785?

CVE-2023-22785 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Hp Instantos, published on 8 May 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

There are buffer overflow vulnerabilities in multiple underlying services that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets destined to the PAPI (Aruba's 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-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22785?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Hp Arubaos, Hp Instantos.

How do I fix CVE-2023-22785?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22785 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-2023-22785 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22785 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Hp Instantos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pr87-84w2-2j55.