CVE-2023-38486

Hardware Root of Trust Bypass in 9200 and 9000 Series Controllers and Gateways

MEDIUM
6.4
CVSS Score
Published: September 6, 2023 at 05:48 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:10 AM UTC
7 products affected across 2 vendorsArubaos90129004-Lte

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Severity
MEDIUM6.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the secure boot implementation on affected Aruba 9200 and 9000 Series Controllers and Gateways allows an attacker to bypass security controls which would normally prohibit unsigned kernel images from executing. An attacker can use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary runtime operating systems, including unverified and unsigned OS images.

Affected

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

10.4.0.0 ≤ v < 10.4.0.28.10.0.0 ≤ v < 8.10.0.78.11.0.0 ≤ v < 8.11.1.18.6.0.0 ≤ v < 8.6.0.2210.4.0.08.10.0.08.11.0.08.6.0.0
Affected range stops below 10.4.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.10.0.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.11.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.6.0.22, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
arubanetworks-9004 (environment) · arubanetworks-9004-lte (environment) · arubanetworks-9012 (environment) · arubanetworks-9240 (environment)
ArubaOS 10.4.x.x ≤ v ≤ <=10.4.0.1ArubaOS 8.10.x.x ≤ v ≤ <=8.10.0.6ArubaOS 8.11.x.x ≤ v ≤ <=8.11.1.0ArubaOS 8.6.x.x ≤ v ≤ <=8.6.0.21ArubaOS 10.4.x.xArubaOS 8.10.x.xArubaOS 8.11.x.xArubaOS 8.6.x.x
ArubaOS 10.4.x.x ≤ v ≤ <=10.4.0.1ArubaOS 8.10.x.x ≤ v ≤ <=8.10.0.6ArubaOS 8.11.x.x ≤ v ≤ <=8.11.1.0ArubaOS 8.6.x.x ≤ v ≤ <=8.6.0.21ArubaOS 10.4.x.xArubaOS 8.10.x.xArubaOS 8.11.x.xArubaOS 8.6.x.x
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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
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-863

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