CVE-2023-22773 — Authenticated path traversal vulnerabilities exist in the ArubaOS command line i

Authenticated path traversal vulnerabilities exist in the ArubaOS command line interface. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities result in the ability to delete arbitrary files in the underlying operating system.

01What is this vulnerability?

Authenticated path traversal vulnerabilities exist in the ArubaOS command line interface. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities result in the ability to delete arbitrary files in the underlying operating system.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)	Aruba Mobility Conductor (formerly Mobility Master); Aruba Mobility Controllers; WLAN Gateways and SD	WAN Gateways managed by Aruba Central — ArubaOS 8.6.x.x: 8.6.0.19 and below, ArubaOS 8.10.x.x: 8.10.0.4 and below, ArubaOS 10.3.x.x: 10.3.1.0 and below, SD-WAN 8.7.0.0-2.3.0.x: 8.7.0.0-2.3.0.8 and below

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-02-28T16:56:44.883Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-07T20:45:09.674Z

09References

• www.arubanetworks.com — https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2023-002.txt