Unauthenticated Command Injection Vulnerabilities in the CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol

published 2024-09-24 2y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-39654

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2y ago (2024-09-25)

Exploit prediction

1.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.8	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
arubanetworks arubaos

Classification

Weakness

CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

support.hpe.com /hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw04712en_us&docLocale=en_US

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-42506
NVD CVE-2024-42506

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