CVE-2024-31473Network attack vector

Unauthenticated privileged code execution via PAPI command injection

Published May 14, 2024 · Updated Jun 24, 2025

Command injection in HPE Aruba Networking AOS-8 Instant and AOS-10 AP releases allows remote attackers to execute privileged OS code. The deauthentication service fails to neutralize command syntax in data from crafted PAPI packets sent to UDP port 8211. No authentication or user interaction is required; successful exploitation runs arbitrary code as a privileged operating-system user.

CVSS severity9.8
Critical
EPSS probability1.65%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Command injection in HPE Aruba Networking AOS-8 Instant and AOS-10 AP releases allows remote attackers to execute privileged OS code. The deauthentication service fails to neutralize command syntax in data from crafted PAPI packets sent to UDP port 8211. No authentication or user interaction is required; successful exploitation runs arbitrary code as a privileged operating-system user.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-31473
Published
May 14, 2024
Updated
Jun 24, 2025
Vendor
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Product
HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System (AOS)
Classifications
CWE-78, T1210, T1059
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 14, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jun 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=10.4.0.0 <=10.4.1.0
  2. Affected versionversion=10.5.0.0 <=10.5.1.0
  3. Affected versionversion=8.10.0.0 <=8.10.0.10
  4. Affected versionversion=8.11.0.0 <=8.11.2.1
  5. Affected versionversion=8.6.0.0 <=8.6.0.23

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) · HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System (AOS)version=10.4.0.0 <=10.4.1.0; version=10.5.0.0 <=10.5.1.0; version=8.10.0.0 <=8.10.0.10; version=8.11.0.0 <=8.11.2.1; version=8.6.0.0 <=8.6.0.23
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) · ArubaOSversion=10.3.0.0 <10.4.0.0; version=10.4.0.0 <=10.4.1.0; version=10.5.0.0 <=10.5.1.0
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) · Aruba Instantversion=6.4.0.0 <6.5.0.0; version=6.5.0.0 <6.6.0.0; version=8.10.0.0 <=8.10.0.10; version=8.11.0.0 <=8.11.2.1; version=8.4.0.0 <8.5.0.0; version=8.5.0.0 <8.6.0.0; version=8.6.0.0 <=8.6.0.23; version=8.7.0.0 <8.8.0.0; version=8.8.0.0 <8.9.0.0; version=8.9.0.0 <8.10.0.0

Published CVSS scores

9.8Hewlett Packard EnterpriseCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
T1210Exploitation of Remote Services
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter

Public exploit references

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