CVE-2023-3718

Authenticated Command Injection Vulnerability in AOS-CX Command Line Interface

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 1, 2023 at 06:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:14 AM UTC
29 products affected across 3 vendorsArubaos CxAruba Cx 6410Aruba Cx 6405

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An authenticated command injection vulnerability exists in the AOS-CX command line interface. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as a privileged user on the affected switch. This allows an attacker to fully compromise the underlying operating system on the device running AOS-CX.

Affected

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

10.10.0000 ≤ v ≤ 10.10.105010.11.0000 ≤ v ≤ 10.11.1010
hpe-aruba-cx-10000-48y6 (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-4100i (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-6000-12g (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-6000-24g (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-6000-48g (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-6100 (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-6200f (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-6200f-48g (environment) · hpe-aruba-cx-6200m (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)
10.10 ≤ v ≤ 10.10.105010.11 ≤ v ≤ 10.11.101010.1010.11
v ≤ 10.10.1050v ≤ 10.11.1010
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Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

8.8HIGHhpe
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-77

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