CVE-2024-31470 Memory corruption in AOS-8 Instant and AOS-10 AP

Critical 9.8 Published 14 May 2024 Updated 24 Jun 2025

Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code with privileged access on Aruba Access Points 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-2024-31470?

CVE-2024-31470 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 14 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 SAE (Simultaneous Authentication of Equals) service 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-2024-31470?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Arubanetworks Arubaos, Hp Instantos.

How do I fix CVE-2024-31470?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-31470 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-2024-31470 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31470 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Arubanetworks Arubaos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6gcq-x87m-9q8h.