Aos Cx
CVE-2022-23680
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
AOS-CX lacks Anti-CSRF protections in place for state-changing operations. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement anti-CSRF tokens, validate Origin/Referer headers, use SameSite cookie attribute.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352), which allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions. AOS-CX lacks Anti-CSRF protections in place for state-changing operations. This can potentially be exploited by an attacker to execute commands in the context of another user in ArubaOS-CX Switches version(s): AOS-CX 10.10.xxxx: 10.10.0002 and below, AOS-CX 10.09.xxxx: 10.09.1020 and below, AOS-CX 10.08.xxxx: 10.08.1060 and below, AOS-CX 10.06.xxxx: 10.06.0200 and below. Aruba has released upgrades for ArubaOS-CX Switch Devices that address this security vulnerability. Affected products include: Arubanetworks Aos-Cx.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
AOS-CX lacks Anti-CSRF protections in place for state-changing operations. This can potentially be exploited by an attacker to execute commands in the context of another user in ArubaOS-CX Switches version(s): AOS-CX 10.10.xxxx: 10.10.0002 and below, AOS-CX 10.09.xxxx: 10.09.1020 and below, AOS-CX 10.08.xxxx: 10.08.1060 and below, AOS-CX 10.06.xxxx: 10.06.0200 and below. Aruba has released upgrades for ArubaOS-CX Switch Devices that address this security vulnerability.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Request Forgery exploits the automatic credential inclusion behavior of web browsers.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Remote code execution in HPE Aruba Networking AOS-CX (the network operating system running on Aruba CX switches) allows
Analysis complete. Key findings for CVE-2026-73778: - **Vulnerability class**: Predictable factory-default password in
Privilege escalation to arbitrary code execution in HPE Aruba Networking AOS-CX switches allows a remote low-privileged,
Remote code execution and denial-of-service vulnerabilities in HPE AOS-CX's authentication module arise from improper ha
Privilege escalation in HPE AOS-CX allows an authenticated low-privileged user to execute arbitrary commands with the pr
OS command injection in HPE AOS-CX's web-based management interface allows any authenticated low-privileged user to exec
Format string exploitation in the HPE AOS-CX command line interface enables unauthenticated, adjacent-network attackers
Unauthenticated arbitrary file write in HPE AOS-CX exposes network switches to full device compromise from adjacent netw
Unauthenticated command injection (CWE-77) in an HPE AOS-CX management component allows an adjacent-network attacker to
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of AOS-CX could allow a remote authenticated user with read-only p
AOS-CX lacks Anti-CSRF protections in place for state-changing operations. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerab
Stored cross-site scripting in the HPE AOS-CX web-based management interface allows an authenticated attacker with high
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