CVE-2023-1168

Authenticated Remote Code Execution in Aruba CX Switches

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 21, 2023 at 08:22 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:27 AM UTC
21 products affected across 2 vendorsArubaos CxAruba Cx 6410Aruba Cx 6405

Using Aruba CX 10000 Switch Series, Aruba CX 9300 Switch Series, Aruba CX 8400 Switch Series, Aruba CX 8360 Switch Series, Aruba CX 8325 Switch Series, Aruba CX 8320 Switch Series, Aruba CX 6400 Switch Series, Aruba CX 6300 Switch Series, Aruba CX 6200F Switch Series by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)?

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An authenticated remote code execution vulnerability exists in the AOS-CX Network Analytics Engine. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system, leading to a complete compromise of the switch running AOS-CX.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

10.06.0000 ≤ v < 10.06.024010.08.0000 ≤ v ≤ 10.08.107010.09.0000 ≤ v ≤ 10.09.102010.10.0000 ≤ v < 10.10.1030
Affected range stops below 10.06.0240, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.10.1030, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
hpe-aruba-cx-10000-48y6 (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-6200f-48g (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-6200m-24g (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-6300m-24p (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-6300m-48g (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-6405 (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-6410 (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-8320-32 (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-8320-48p (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-8325-32c (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-8325-48y8c (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-8360-12c (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-8360-16y2c (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-8360-24xf2c (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-8360-32y4c (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-8360-48xt4c (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-8360-48y6c (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-8400 (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-9300-32d (environment)
v ≤ 10.06.0230v ≤ 10.08.1070v ≤ 10.09.1020v ≤ 10.10.1020
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Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-77

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