CVE-2023-22752 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2023-22752

Unauthenticated Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in the PAPI Protocol

Vulnerability Description

There are stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets destined to the PAPI (Aruba Networks access point management protocol) UDP port (8211). Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities result in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Erik de Jong (bugcrowd.com/erikdejong)

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Affected Vendor

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

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Affected Software

Aruba Mobility Conductor (formerly Mobility Master); Aruba Mobility Controllers; WLAN Gateways and SD-WAN Gateways managed by Aruba Central
Vulnerable Versions:
ArubaOS 8.6.x.x: 8.6.0.19 and below, ArubaOS 8.10.x.x: 8.10.0.4 and below, ArubaOS 10.3.x.x: 10.3.1.0 and below, SD-WAN 8.7.0.0-2.3.0.x: 8.7.0.0-2.3.0.8 and below

Timeline

Official Publish: February 28th, 2023
Last Modified: March 11th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.