# CVE-2024-33512: Memory corruption in Aruba Mobility Conductor (formerly Mobility Master); Aruba Mobility Controllers; WLAN Gateways and SD-WAN Gateways managed by Aruba Central

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

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 1 May 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-57gw-c6xj-3hcc

## What is CVE-2024-33512?

CVE-2024-33512 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba Mobility Conductor (formerly Mobility Master); Aruba Mobility Controllers; WLAN Gateways and SD-WAN Gateways managed by Aruba Central, 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 Local User Authentication Database 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 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33512?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-33512?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-33512 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-33512 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33512 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-33512 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-33512 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba Mobility Conductor (formerly Mobility Master); Aruba Mobility Controllers; WLAN Gateways and SD-WAN Gateways managed by Aruba Central, published on 1 May 2024. 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-2024-33512 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba Mobility Conductor (formerly Mobility Master); Aruba Mobility Controllers; WLAN Gateways and SD-WAN Gateways managed by Aruba Central. 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-2024-33512/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33512/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33512
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33512
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-33512

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33512/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.