vulnerability
Aruba AOS-10: CVE-2024-42509: Unauthenticated Command Injection Vulnerability in the CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 5, 2024 | Jan 14, 2025 | Apr 2, 2026 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 5, 2024
Added
Jan 14, 2025
Modified
Apr 2, 2026
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.
Solution
aruba-aos-10-cve-2024-42509
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