CVE-2024-25614· NVD / CVE Program· CNA hpe

There is an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in the CLI used by ArubaOS.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 36/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.51% (FIRST EPSS).
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 5.5, NVD 9.1.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

There is an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in the CLI used by ArubaOS. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to delete arbitrary files on the underlying operating system, which could lead to denial-of-service conditions and impact the integrity of the controller.

CriticalCVSS 9.1 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

BDU:2024-01996

Published: Mar 5, 2024
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 0.5% · 42th percentile
CWE: CWE-22

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 36 / 40 · 9.1 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 9.1
CNA · hpe: 5.5; 3.6 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
arubanetworks	arubaos	cpe:2.3:o:arubanetworks:arubaos

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

arubanetworks arubaos8.10.0.0 and later · before 8.10.0.10
arubanetworks arubaos8.11.0.0 and later · before 8.11.2.1
arubanetworks arubaos10.4.0.0 and later · before 10.4.1.0
arubanetworks arubaos10.5.0.0 and later · before 10.5.1.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (hpe). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS Wi-Fi Controllers and Campus/Remote Access Points
- ArubaOS 10.5.x.x: 10.5.0.1 and below, ArubaOS 10.4.x.x: 10.4.0.3 and below, ArubaOS 8.11.x.x: 8.11.2.0 and below, ArubaOS 8.10.x.x: 8.10.0.9 and belowaffected

Same product

arubanetworks: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2020-24633There are multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending especially crafted pa
41Plan
CVE-2018-7081A remote code execution vulnerability is present in network-listening components in some versions of ArubaOS.
41Plan
CVE-2023-45616There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the underlying AirWave client service that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution b
40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2024-25612Mar 5, 2024 · Authenticated command injection vulnerabilities exist in the ArubaOS command line interface.
28Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2024-25613Mar 5, 2024 · Authenticated command injection vulnerabilities exist in the ArubaOS command line interface.
28Monitor
Later →CVE-2024-25615Mar 5, 2024 · An unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the Spectrum service accessed via the PAPI protocol in ArubaOS 8.x.
21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Erik De Jong (bugcrowd.com/erikdejong)reporter

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2023-35975244 days apartAuthenticated Path Traversal in ArubaOS Command Line Interface Allows for Arbitrary File Deletion
32Monitor
CVE-2023-22773370 days apartAuthenticated Path Traversal in ArubaOS Command Line Interface Allows for Arbitrary File Deletion.
26Monitor
CVE-2023-22774370 days apartAuthenticated Path Traversal in ArubaOS Command Line Interface Allows for Arbitrary File Deletion.
26Monitor
CVE-2023-22776370 days apartAuthenticated Remote Path Traversal in ArubaOS Command Line Interface Allows for Arbitrary File Read
19Monitor
CVE-2025-27085399 days apartArbitrary File Download Vulnerabilities in Web-Based Management Interface of AOS-10 GW and AOS-8 Controller/Mobility Conductor
19Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: none
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: None
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
2res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
3  return res.sendStatus(400);
4}
5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2024-002.txt

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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