Aruba Networks ArubaOS-CX AOS-CX Network Analytics Engine command injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Aruba Networks ArubaOS-CX. Affected is an unknown function of the component AOS-CX Network Analytics Engine. The manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-23683. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Aruba Networks ArubaOS-CX (affected version not known). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component AOS-CX Network Analytics Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Authenticated command injection vulnerabilities exist in the AOS-CX Network Analytics Engine via NAE scripts. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities result in the ability to execute arbitrary commands as a privileged user on the underlying operating system, leading to a complete compromise of the switch running AOS-CX in ArubaOS-CX Switches version(s): AOS-CX 10.10.xxxx: 10.10.0002 and below, AOS-CX 10.09.xxxx: 10.09.1030 and below, AOS-CX 10.08.xxxx: 10.08.1070 and below, AOS-CX 10.06.xxxx: 10.06.0210 and below. Aruba has released upgrades for ArubaOS-CX Switch Devices that address these security vulnerabilities.

The weakness was published 09/07/2022 as ARUBA-PSA-2022-012. The advisory is shared at arubanetworks.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-23683 since 01/19/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/13/2022). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Aruba Networks

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• ArubaOS-CX

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• commercial

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