# CVE-2023-45618: Path traversal in Aruba Access Points: 100 Series; 103 Series; 110 Series; 120 Series; 130 Series; 200 Series; 207 Series; 210 Series; 220 Series; 260 Series; 300 Series; 303 Series; 310 Series; 318 Series Hardened Access Points; 320 Series; 330 Series; 340 Series; 370 Series; 500 Series; 510 Series; 530 Series; 550 Series; 630 Series; 650 Series;

> Attackers can delete arbitrary files on Aruba Access Points via the PAPI protocol, potentially disrupting operations and compromising integrity.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 30 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gwf3-cr67-mr84

## What is CVE-2023-45618?

CVE-2023-45618 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 14 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

There are arbitrary file deletion vulnerabilities in the AirWave client service accessed by PAPI (Aruba's access point management protocol). Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities result in the ability to delete arbitrary files on the underlying operating system, which could lead to the ability to interrupt normal operation and impact the integrity of the access point.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-45618?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Arubanetworks Arubaos, Hp Instantos.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-45618?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-45618 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-45618 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45618 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Arubanetworks Arubaos

- [CVE-2024-42393](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42393/): Memory corruption in Hpe Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-42394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42394/): Memory corruption in HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-42395](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42395/): Memory corruption in HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31466/): Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31467](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31467/): Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-45618 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-45618 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 14 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45618 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Arubanetworks Arubaos. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45618/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45618/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45618
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45618
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-45618

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45618/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.