Buffer overflow in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba Mobility Conductor (Formerly Master); Controllers; Wlan Gateways And Sd-Wan Managed By Central
CVE-2024-26305
There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the underlying Utility daemon 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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.152 (96.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Hpe) Aruba Mobility Conductor (Formerly Master); Controllers; Wlan Gateways And Sd-wan Managed By Central — versions ArubaOS 10.5.x.x: 10.5.1.0 and below, ArubaOS 10.4.x.x: 10.4.1.0 and below, ArubaOS 8.11.x.x: 8.11.2.1 and below
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-26305?
- CVE-2024-26305 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba Mobility Conductor (Formerly Master); Controllers; Wlan Gateways And Sd-Wan Managed By Central, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-05-01.
- How severe is CVE-2024-26305?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-26305 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.