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Aruba ECOS: CVE-2023-51385: Authenticated Remote Command Execution in the HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN SSH Daemon

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jul 23, 2024
Added
Mar 17, 2025
Modified
Jun 9, 2026

Description

In ssh in OpenSSH before 9.6, OS command injection might occur if a username or host name has shell metacharacters, and this name is referenced by an expansion token in certain situations. For example, an untrusted Git repository can have a submodule with shell metacharacters in a username or hostname. The impact of this vulnerability on HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN has not been confirmed, but the version of OpenSSH has been upgraded for mitigation. HPE Aruba Networking is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.

Solution

aruba-ecos-cve-2023-51385
Title
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