Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This flaw lets a highly privileged, authenticated ArubaOS CLI user run operating-system commands with privileged access. It affects specific Aruba Mobility and gateway products on listed ArubaOS releases. The main business risk is escalation after administrator credential compromise or misuse, potentially impacting network confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation for internet-adjacent or broadly administered ArubaOS management planes. Although exploitation needs high privileges, a successful attack could give deep control over network infrastructure and disrupt security operations or connectivity.
Technical view
CVE-2023-35974 is an authenticated command injection issue in the ArubaOS command line interface. CVSS 3.1 is 7.2 with network access, low complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running affected Aruba Mobility Conductor, Mobility Controllers, WLAN Gateways, or SD-WAN Gateways on the listed ArubaOS 10.4, 8.11, 8.10, or 8.6 versions. Risk rises where administrative CLI access is broadly reachable or privileged accounts are weakly controlled.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or other evidence of active exploitation. Exploitation requires authenticated high-privilege access, but successful abuse gives privileged command execution on the underlying operating system.
Researcher notes
The available evidence identifies command injection in ArubaOS CLI with PR:H and full CIA impact. The bundle does not provide exploit details, CWE mapping, or confirmed exploitation. Keep analysis tied to the HPE Aruba affected-version list and advisory guidance.
Mitigation direction
- Use the HPE Aruba advisory to identify and apply fixed ArubaOS releases.
- Restrict ArubaOS management and CLI access to trusted administrative networks.
- Review and reduce privileged administrator accounts where possible.
- Enforce strong authentication and credential hygiene for ArubaOS administrators.
- Monitor vendor guidance for updated remediation or workaround instructions.
Validation and detection
- Inventory ArubaOS products and record exact running versions.
- Compare versions against the affected ranges in the advisory.
- Confirm management interfaces are not exposed beyond trusted administrators.
- Review logs for unexpected privileged CLI activity.
- Verify remediation after upgrade using version checks and change records.
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 vector scores
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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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