RCE in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba OS
CVE-2024-42505
Command injection vulnerabilities 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 these vulnerabilities results in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
EPSS: 0.015 (71.4th 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 Os — versions Version 10.5.0.0: 10.6.0.2 and below, Version 10.0.0.0: 10.4.1.13 and below, Version 6.4.0.0: 8.10.0.13 and below
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-42505?
- CVE-2024-42505 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba OS, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-09-25.
- How severe is CVE-2024-42505?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.