Aruba ArubaOS 8.10.0.11/8.11.2.2/10.4.1.1/10.5.1.1 Access Point Management Protocol buffer overflow

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Aruba ArubaOS 8.10.0.11/8.11.2.2/10.4.1.1/10.5.1.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Access Point Management Protocol Handler. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-26305. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Aruba ArubaOS 8.10.0.11/8.11.2.2/10.4.1.1/10.5.1.1 and classified as very critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Access Point Management Protocol Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the underlying Utility daemon that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets destined to the PAPI (Aruba's access point management protocol) UDP port (8211). Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

It is possible to read the advisory at arubanetworks.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-26305 since 02/16/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/22/2026).

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• Aruba

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• ArubaOS

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• 8.10.0.11
• 8.11.2.2
• 10.4.1.1
• 10.5.1.1

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• commercial

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