CVE-2024-31472 Command injection in AOS-8 Instant and AOS-10 AP
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-2024-31472?
CVE-2024-31472 is a critical command injection 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 are command injection vulnerabilities in the underlying Soft AP Daemon 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 these vulnerabilities result in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-31472?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Arubanetworks Arubaos, Hp Instantos.
How do I fix CVE-2024-31472?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-31472 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2024-31472 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31472 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-vqmm-2jhx-m5fg.