CVE-2023-22747 CRITICAL

CVE-2023-22747: Multiple Unauthenticated Command Injections in the PAPI Protocol

Vendor Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Hpe)
Product Aruba Mobility Conductor (formerly Mobility Master); Aruba Mobility Controllers; WLAN Gateways and SD-WAN Gateways managed by Aruba Central
Published February 28, 2023
Last update March 11, 2025

CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

There are multiple command injection 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 28, 2023 CVE published
March 11, 2025 Record updated