CVE-2024-42506 Unauthenticated Command Injection Vulnerabilities in the CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol
Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code with privileged access on Aruba OS devices via the PAPI protocol.
- 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-2024-42506?
CVE-2024-42506 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba OS, published on 24 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Command injection vulnerabilities in the underlying CLI service 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 results in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42506?
How do I fix CVE-2024-42506?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42506 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-2024-42506 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42506 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2mqq-6v49-g869.