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CVE-2024-26305

CRITICALEPSS 97th pctl
9.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the underlying Utility daemon 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.

CWE-121Stack-based Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available
arubaosNVD
Affected:>= 8.11.0.0, < 8.11.2.2Fixed in:8.11.2.2CVE-2024-26305derived from NVD
Affected:>= 10.5.0.0, < 10.5.1.1Fixed in:10.5.1.1CVE-2024-26305derived from NVD
Affected:>= 6.5.4.0, < 8.10.0.12Fixed in:8.10.0.12CVE-2024-26305derived from NVD
Affected:>= 10.4.0.0, < 10.4.1.1Fixed in:10.4.1.1CVE-2024-26305derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

15.16%probability of exploitation in 30 days
97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-121 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2025-22457Critical9.0100%KEV + RansomFix
CVE-2025-0282Critical9.0100%KEV + Ransom-
CVE-2021-20038Critical9.8100%KEV + Ransom-
CVE-2009-0927High8.897%KEVFix
CVE-2020-10924High8.887%--
CVE-2022-20705Critical10.080%--

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2024-26305?

Upgrade arubaos to 8.11.2.2 or later.

Is CVE-2024-26305 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2024-26305 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 15.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2024-26305?

CVE-2024-26305 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2024-26305 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for arubaos (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-09-22.