CVE-2018-7084
A command injection vulnerability is present that permits an unauthenticated user with access to the Aruba Instant web interface to…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 4.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A command injection vulnerability is present that permits an unauthenticated user with access to the Aruba Instant web interface to execute arbitrary system commands within the underlying operating system. An attacker could use this ability to copy files, read configuration, write files, delete files, or reboot the device. Workaround: Block access to the Aruba Instant web interface from all untrusted users. Resolution: Fixed in Aruba Instant 4.2.4.12, 6.5.4.11, 8.3.0.6, and 8.4.0.1
Timeline
ID reserved
By hpe
- 15 months later
· 15 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.6% · top 8.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
Aruba Instant (IAP)
- affected Aruba Instant 4.x prior to 6.4.4.8 - 4.2.4.12 Aruba Instant 6.5.x prior to 6.5.4.11 Aruba Instant 8.3.x prior to 8.3.0.6 Aruba Instant 8.4.x prior to 8.4.0.1
References
3
- https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2019-001.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-549547.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 108374 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-18827 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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