CVE-2023-38486 Hardware Root of Trust Bypass in 9200 and 9000 Series Controllers and Gateways
Attackers can bypass secure boot to execute arbitrary unsigned operating systems on Aruba 9200 and 9000 series controllers and gateways.
- 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-2023-38486?
CVE-2023-38486 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 6 Sep 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the secure boot implementation on affected Aruba 9200 and 9000 Series Controllers and Gateways allows an attacker to bypass security controls which would normally prohibit unsigned kernel images from executing. An attacker can use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary runtime operating systems, including unverified and unsigned OS images.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38486?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Arubanetworks Arubaos.
How do I fix CVE-2023-38486?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38486 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-38486 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38486 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Arubanetworks Arubaos
- CVE-2024-42393 Memory corruption in Hpe Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10
- CVE-2024-42394 Memory corruption in HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10
- CVE-2024-42395 Memory corruption in HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10
- CVE-2024-31466 Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol
- CVE-2024-31467 Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol
Sources
Also known as GHSA-95xr-xpj5-h4g4.