Unauthenticated code execution via PAPI packet overflow
Published May 8, 2023 · Updated Jan 31, 2025
Buffer overflow in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba Access Points running InstantOS or ArubaOS 10 allows remote attackers to execute privileged code. Multiple underlying services copy attacker-controlled data from crafted PAPI UDP packets without checking destination-buffer bounds. No authentication or user interaction is required, and successful exploitation grants arbitrary code execution as a privileged operating-system user.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba Access Points running InstantOS or ArubaOS 10 allows remote attackers to execute privileged code. Multiple underlying services copy attacker-controlled data from crafted PAPI UDP packets without checking destination-buffer bounds. No authentication or user interaction is required, and successful exploitation grants arbitrary code execution as a privileged operating-system user.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-22786
- Published
- May 8, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 31, 2025
- Vendor
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
- Product
- Aruba Access Points
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 8, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 31, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=ArubaOS 10.3.x.x: 10.3.1.4 and below
- Affected versionversion=InstantOS 8.10.x.x: 8.10.0.2 and below
- Affected versionversion=See reference document for further details
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