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CVE-2024-26304

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2024-05-01
  • Fixed in10.5.1.0 · 10.4.1.0 · 10.4.0.0 · 8.11.2.1 · 8.10.0.10 · 8.10.0.0
  • WeaknessCWE-121

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Description

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the underlying L2/L3 Management 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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2024-05-0115:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
  3. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

CISA-ADP
Arubanetworks arubaos
BranchAffectedFixed in
10.5≥ 10.5.0.0, < 10.5.1.010.5.1.0
10.4≥ 10.4.0.0, < 10.4.1.010.4.1.0
10.x≥ 10.3.0.0, < 10.4.0.010.4.0.0
8.11≥ 8.11.0.0, < 8.11.2.18.11.2.1
8.10≥ 8.10.0.0, < 8.10.0.108.10.0.10
8.x≥ 8.9.0.0, < 8.10.0.08.10.0.0
8.x≥ 8.8.0.0, < 8.9.0.08.9.0.0
8.x≥ 8.7.0.0, < 8.8.0.08.8.0.0
8.x≥ 8.6.0.0, < 8.7.0.08.7.0.0
6.5≥ 6.5.4.0, < 6.5.5.06.5.5.0
Arubanetworks sd-wan
BranchAffectedFixed in
8.7= 8.7.0.0no fix published
8.6= 8.6.0.4no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Arubanetworks arubaos to 10.5.1.0 · 10.4.1.0 · 10.4.0.0 · 8.11.2.1 · 8.10.0.10 · 8.10.0.0 · 8.9.0.0 · 8.8.0.0

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:24 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedX-Projetion/CVE-2024-26304-RCE-exploit
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2024-05-01
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Deferred

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26304?

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the underlying L2/L3 Management 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.

Is CVE-2024-26304 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2024-26304 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 44.0% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-26304?

CVE-2024-26304 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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