Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-29143

HighRCE

Published: 22 July 2021

Published
22 July 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0503 90.0th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-29143 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Arubanetworks Aos-Cx Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 10.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A remote execution of arbitrary commands vulnerability was discovered in Aruba CX 6200F Switch Series, Aruba 6300 Switch Series, Aruba 6400 Switch Series, Aruba 8320 Switch Series, Aruba 8325 Switch Series, Aruba 8400 Switch Series, Aruba CX 8360 Switch Series…

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version(s): Aruba AOS-CX firmware: 10.04.xxxx - versions prior to 10.04.3070, 10.05.xxxx - versions prior to 10.05.0070, 10.06.xxxx - versions prior to 10.06.0110, 10.07.xxxx - versions prior to 10.07.0001. Aruba has released upgrades for Aruba AOS-CX devices that address this security vulnerability.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

arubanetworks
aos-cx firmware
10.04.000 — 10.04.3070 · 10.05.0000 — 10.05.0070 · 10.06.0000 — 10.06.0110

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

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