# CVE-2023-45621: Denial of service 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;

> Unauthenticated attackers can cause denial of service on HPE Aruba Access Points via the PAPI protocol, interrupting normal network operations.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 14 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wvwp-cgr6-m5rx

## What is CVE-2023-45621?

CVE-2023-45621 is a high-severity denial of service 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

Unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerabilities exist in the CLI service accessed via the PAPI protocol. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities result in the ability to interrupt the normal operation of the affected access point.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-45621?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Arubanetworks Arubaos, Hp Instantos.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-45621?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-45621 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-45621 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45621 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-2023-45621 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-45621 is a high-severity denial of service 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-2023-45621 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-2023-45621/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45621/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45621
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45621
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-45621

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45621/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.