Command Injection in Aruba Networks PAPI UDP 8211 Enables Unauth RCE
CVE-2022-37897 Published on December 12, 2022

There is a command injection vulnerability that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets destined to the PAPI (Aruba Networks AP 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.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-37897 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?

The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

CVE-2022-37897 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2022-37897

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Affected Versions

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba Mobility Conductor (formerly Mobility Master); Aruba Mobility Controllers; WLAN Gateways and SD-WAN Gateways managed by Aruba Central Version ArubaOS 6.5.4.x: 6.5.4.23 and above; ArubaOS 8.6.x: 8.6.0.18 and above; ArubaOS 8.7.x: 8.7.1.10 and above; ArubaOS 8.10.x: 8.10.0.0 and above; ArubaOS 10.3.x: 10.3.0.1 and above; SD-WAN-2.3.0.x: 8.7.0.0-2.3.0.7 and above is unaffected by CVE-2022-37897

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.77%
Percentile
73.25%

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