Aos Cx
CVE-2022-23691
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.8 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: physical attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
A vulnerability exists in certain AOS-CX switch models which could allow an attacker with access to the recovery console to bypass normal authentication. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is 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. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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A vulnerability exists in certain AOS-CX switch models which could allow an attacker with access to the recovery console to bypass normal authentication. A successful exploit allows an attacker to bypass system authentication and achieve total switch compromise in ArubaOS-CX Switches version(s): AOS-CX 10.10.xxxx: 10.10.0002 and below, AOS-CX 10.09.xxxx: 10.09.1030 and below, AOS-CX 10.08.xxxx: 10.08.1070 and below, AOS-CX 10.06.xxxx: 10.06.0210 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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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
A vulnerability exists in certain AOS-CX switch models which could allow an attacker with access to the recovery console to bypass normal authentication. A successful exploit allows an attacker to bypass system authentication and achieve total switch compromise in ArubaOS-CX Switches version(s): AOS-CX 10.10.xxxx: 10.10.0002 and below, AOS-CX 10.09.xxxx: 10.09.1030 and below, AOS-CX 10.08.xxxx: 10.08.1070 and below, AOS-CX 10.06.xxxx: 10.06.0210 and below. Aruba has released upgrades for ArubaOS-CX Switch Devices that address this security vulnerability.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Remote code execution in HPE Aruba Networking AOS-CX (the network operating system running on Aruba CX switches) allows
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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
AOS-CX lacks Anti-CSRF protections in place for state-changing operations. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerab
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