CVE-2024-26305 Memory corruption in Aruba Mobility Conductor (formerly Mobility Master); Aruba Mobility Controllers; WLAN Gateways and SD-WAN Gateways managed by Aruba Central

Critical 9.8 Published 1 May 2024 Updated 2 Aug 2024

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

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-2024-26305?

CVE-2024-26305 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 1 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the underlying Utility daemon 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 this vulnerability results in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

Weakness: CWE-121

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26305?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Arubanetworks Arubaos, Arubanetworks Sd-Wan.

How do I fix CVE-2024-26305?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-26305 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-2024-26305 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26305 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Arubanetworks Arubaos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gm2r-qgvq-g985.