CVE-2023-45617

Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-11-14 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

There are arbitrary file deletion vulnerabilities in the CLI service accessed by PAPI (Aruba's access point management protocol). Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities result in the ability to delete arbitrary files on the underlying operating system, which could lead to the ability to interrupt normal operation and impact the integrity of the access point.

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS): from 10.3.0.0 before 10.4.0.3; 10.5.0.0 — fixed in 10.4.0.3
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10: from 6.4.0.0 before 8.6.0.23; from 8.10.0.0 before 8.10.0.9; from 8.11.0.0 before 8.11.2.0 — fixed in 8.10.0.9, 8.11.2.0, 8.6.0.23

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS) 10.4.0.3; Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 8.10.0.9, 8.11.2.0, 8.6.0.23. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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