CVE-2020-24636

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-03-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

A remote execution of arbitrary commands vulnerability was discovered in some Aruba Instant Access Point (IAP) products in version(s): Aruba Instant 6.5.x: 6.5.4.17 and below; Aruba Instant 8.3.x: 8.3.0.13 and below; Aruba Instant 8.5.x: 8.5.0.10 and below; Aruba Instant 8.6.x: 8.6.0.5 and below; Aruba Instant 8.7.x: 8.7.0.0 and below. Aruba has released patches for Aruba Instant that address this security vulnerability.

Affected products

Arubanetworks Instant: from 6.5.0.0 before 6.5.4.18; from 8.3.0.0 before 8.3.0.14; from 8.5.0.0 before 8.5.0.11; from 8.6.0.0 before 8.6.0.6; from 8.7.0.0 before 8.7.1.0 — fixed in 6.5.4.18, 8.3.0.14, 8.5.0.11, 8.6.0.6, 8.7.1.0
Siemens Scalance W1750D Firmware: from 8.7.0 before 8.7.1.3 — fixed in 8.7.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Arubanetworks Instant 6.5.4.18, 8.3.0.14, 8.5.0.11, 8.6.0.6; Siemens Scalance W1750D Firmware 8.7.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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