CVE-2024-33512
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 14.6% (pctl 97)
Patch early
EPSS 14.6% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the underlying Local User Authentication Database service that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets destined to the PAPI (Aruba's access point management protocol) UDP port (8211). Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 14.62% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-121 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2024-05-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
References
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