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Plain-English summary
CVE-2023-35972 lets a highly privileged authenticated attacker run commands through the ArubaOS web management interface. If abused, the attacker could take full control of the device operating system, affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of network infrastructure.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority for network infrastructure, especially where management interfaces are broadly reachable. The privilege requirement lowers likelihood, but device compromise impact is severe.
Technical view
The issue is authenticated remote command injection in ArubaOS web-based management. CVSS 3.1 is 7.2 with network access, low complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, and high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to ArubaOS management surfaces reachable by users with high-privilege credentials. Affected products include Aruba Mobility Conductor, Mobility Controllers, and certain WLAN or SD-WAN gateways managed by Aruba Central on listed ArubaOS branches.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or other cited evidence of active exploitation. The attack requires authenticated high privileges, but successful exploitation can fully compromise the underlying operating system.
Researcher notes
Affected versions listed are ArubaOS 10.4.0.1 and below, 8.11.1.0 and below, 8.10.0.6 and below, and 8.6.0.20 and below. The bundle does not provide CWE details, exploit indicators, or exact fixed versions.
Mitigation direction
- Follow HPE Aruba advisory ARUBA-PSA-2023-008 for fixed releases or vendor workarounds.
- Prioritize remediation for reachable ArubaOS web management interfaces.
- Restrict management access to trusted administrative networks while remediation is planned.
- Review privileged administrative accounts for unnecessary access.
Validation and detection
- Inventory ArubaOS devices and identify management interface exposure.
- Compare running versions against the affected ArubaOS branches and thresholds.
- Check whether Aruba Central-managed gateways are included in scope.
- Review administrative account access and recent management activity.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.2 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.25.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.2HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2023-008.txtCVE reference
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