CVE-2024-31473

Published: May 14, 2024Updated: Jun 24, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-78

9.8CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

Description

There is a command injection vulnerability in the underlying deauthentication 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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

arubanetworks

commercial·US

arubaos

Networking Infrastructure

commercial·USaka hewlett packard, hpe

instantosOn-premOS

Operating Systems / rtos-embedded-os

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

commercial·USaka hewlett packard enterprise

AOS-8 Instant and AOS-10 AP

Hardware Firmware

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw04647en_us&docLocale=en_US

support.hpe.com

https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2024-006.txt

arubanetworks.com

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