VDB-210157 · CVE-2022-37886 · PSA-2022-014

Aruba InstantOS/ArubaOS PAPI Protocol buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Aruba InstantOS and ArubaOS and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component PAPI Protocol Handler. This manipulation causes buffer overflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-37886. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Aruba InstantOS and ArubaOS (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component PAPI Protocol Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 10/05/2022 as PSA-2022-014. The advisory is shared at arubanetworks.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-37886. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/19/2026).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-40493). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Aruba

Name

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/08/2022 🔍
10/05/2022 +58 days 🔍
10/05/2022 +0 days 🔍
06/19/2026 +1353 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: PSA-2022-014
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-37886 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-37886
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-210157
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 10/05/2022 15:40
Updated: 06/19/2026 19:15
Changes: 10/05/2022 15:40 (37), 10/30/2022 08:50 (3), 10/30/2022 08:51 (10), 06/19/2026 19:15 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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