Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-31474

Arubanetworks Arubaos 10.3.0.0 – 10.4.1.1

Published
14 May 2024
Modified
24 June 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.2
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0045 37th percentile
Risk Priority 64 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2024-31474 is a high-severity Deletion of Data Structure Sentinel (CWE-463) vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos. Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 37th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

There is an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in the CLI service accessed by PAPI (Aruba's Access Point management protocol). Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to delete arbitrary files on the underlying operating system, which could lead…

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to the ability to interrupt normal operation and impact the integrity of the affected Access Point

CWE(s)
CWE-463

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

arubanetworks
arubaos
10.3.0.0 — 10.4.1.1 · 10.5.0.0 — 10.5.1.1
hp
instantos
6.4.0.0 — 8.6.0.24 · 8.7.0.0 — 8.10.0.11

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and evaluation can discover accidental sentinel deletion during code review or dynamic analysis.

SA-15 Development Process, Standards, and Tools partial match

Requiring documented development processes and tools can enforce coding standards that avoid manual sentinel manipulation.

SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles partial match

Security engineering principles include use of safe data-structure abstractions that reduce sentinel-handling errors.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent sentinel-deletion bugs via reviews, static analysis, and testing, while eliminating this single weakness only partially fulfills the broader secure-development outcome.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect sentinel deletion bugs before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices can include sentinel handling rules that reduce accidental deletion.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly address sentinel misuse and deletion errors.

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