CVE-2024-42509 Unauthenticated Command Injection Vulnerability in the CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code with privileged access on Aruba Access Points 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-2024-42509?

CVE-2024-42509 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking Access Points, Instant AOS-8, and AOS-10, published on 5 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Command injection vulnerability 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 this vulnerability 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-2024-42509?

How do I fix CVE-2024-42509?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42509 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-2024-42509 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42509 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-66rq-9x8p-ghcr.

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