Medium severity · published Sep 6, 2022
CVE-2022-23691
A vulnerability exists in certain AOS-CX switch models which could allow an attacker with access to the recovery console to bypass normal authentication
6.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability exists in certain AOS-CX switch models which could allow an attacker with access to the recovery console to bypass normal authentication. A successful exploit allows an attacker to bypass system authentication and achieve total switch compromise in ArubaOS-CX Switches version(s): AOS-CX 10.10.xxxx: 10.10.0002 and below, AOS-CX 10.09.xxxx: 10.09.1030 and below, AOS-CX 10.08.xxxx: 10.08.1070 and below, AOS-CX 10.06.xxxx: 10.06.0210 and below. Aruba has released upgrades for ArubaOS-CX Switch Devices that address this security vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AO
Aos-cx · Arubanetworks
10.06.0000 through 10.06.0210; 10.08.0000 through 10.08.1070; 10.09.0000 through 10.09.1030; 10.10.0000 through 10.10.0002; 10.06.0000 through 10.06.0210; 10.08.0000 through 10.08.1070; +10 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23691
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23691
Vendor Advisory
https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2022-012.txt
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