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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2024-42394 json

Unauthenticated Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Remote Command Execution (RCE) in the Soft AP Daemon Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol

published 2024-08-06 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-39598

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

There are vulnerabilities in the Soft AP Daemon Service which could allow a threat actor to execute an unauthenticated RCE attack. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system leading to complete system compromise.

Patch / fix

  • arubanetworks arubaos 10.4.1.4, 10.6.0.1
  • hp instantos 8.10.0.13, 8.12.0.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10
  • hpe aruba_networking_instantos
  • hpe arubaos

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

Sources

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