CVE-2018-7081
highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.059 · 93 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A remote code execution vulnerability is present in network-listening components in some versions of ArubaOS. An attacker with the ability to transmit specially-crafted IP traffic to a mobility controller could exploit this vulnerability and cause a process crash or to execute arbitrary code within the underlying operating system with full system privileges. Such an attack could lead to complete system compromise. The ability to transmit traffic to an IP interface on the mobility controller is required to carry out an attack. The attack leverages the PAPI protocol (UDP port 8211). If the mobility controller is only bridging L2 traffic to an uplink and does not have an IP address that is accessible to the attacker, it cannot be attacked.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9–9.8
weaknesses
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affected products (7)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- n/a Aruba Mobility Controllers≤ Aruba Mobility Controller firmware (ArubaOS) 6.x prior to 6.4.4.21 6.5.x prior to 6.5.4.13 8.x prior to 8.2.2.6 8.3.0.x prior to 8.3.0.7, 8.4.0.x and prior to 8.4.0.3enisa_euvdEU
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sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7081cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Aruba-Mobility-Controller-three-vulnerabilities-30240cnnvd
- https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2019-004.txtcnnvd
- https://x-c3ll.github.io/posts/CVE-2018-7081-RCE-ArubaOS/cnnvd
- https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2019-004.txtenisa_euvd
- https://x-c3ll.github.io/posts/CVE-2018-7081-RCE-ArubaOS/enisa_euvd
- https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2019-004.txtVendor Advisorynvd
- https://x-c3ll.github.io/posts/CVE-2018-7081-RCE-ArubaOS/ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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