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CVE-2023-38486 — A vulnerability in the secure boot implementation on affected Aruba 9200 and 900

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

CVSS
7.7 HIGH
EPSS
0.01% (top 97.20%)
CWE
—
Published
2023-09-06T17:48:38.025Z
Last modified
2024-09-26T19:51:05.849Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)9200 Series Mobility Controllers and SDWAN Gateways, 9000 Series Mobility Controllers and SD-WAN Gateways — ArubaOS 10.4.x.x, ArubaOS 8.11.x.x, ArubaOS 8.10.x.x, ArubaOS 8.6.x.x

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

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

09References

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