CVE-2023-22781

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

There are buffer overflow vulnerabilities in multiple underlying services 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 these vulnerabilities result in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

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CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 8, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2023-22781: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix