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Full vulnerability report · 2024
CVE-2024-6206High confidence

A security vulnerability has been identified in HPE Athonet Mobile Core software

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) · HPE Athonet Mobile Core

7.5HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
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Operational reassessment

Published severity in operational context

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Published severityHighOperational priority:High, unchanged from published severity.unchanged

Evidence used

  • No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
  • EPSS is 0.42% for the current model date.

Compensating controls

  • Validate the affected product branch and deploy the verified fixed release.
  • Restrict the affected network interface to trusted sources where business-safe.
  • Monitor vendor guidance and exploitation sources for a material change.

Verification

  1. Confirm that the asset runs Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Athonet Mobile Core and falls inside the recorded affected range.
  2. Verify the installed build against the product-specific fixed version after deployment.
  3. Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
  4. Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Mitigation target: Within 30 daysRemediation target: Within 180 days

This automated reassessment organises public evidence. It does not know asset exposure, business impact or control effectiveness and does not replace CVSS or a human risk decision.

Direct vendor intelligence

Authoritative vendor CSAF and VEX advisories

Structured product status and remediation from the issuing vendor. Product-state explanations are always visible; large lists can be searched or downloaded.

1 current
HPESBGN04659 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 1 · finalHPE Aruba NetworkingArbitrary Code Execution in Underlying Mobile Core Container
1 known affected

The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.

  • HPE Athonet Mobile Core
Summary
A security vulnerability has been identified in HPE Athonet Mobile Core software. The core application contains a code injection vulnerability where a threat actor could execute arbitrary commands with the privilege of the underlying container leading to complete takeover of the target system.
Remediation
To resolve the vulnerability described above, it is recommended to upgrade the software to the following version: - Athone Core 1.24.1.0 and above HPE Aruba Networking does not evaluate or patch HPE Athonet Mobile Core Software versions that have reached their End of Support (EoS) milestone. For more information about HPE Athonet Product Lifecycle and Versioning policy visit: https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/4aa5-5978enw?jumpid=in_pdfviewer-psnow
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
?CERT means Computer Emergency Response Team; CSIRT is the closely related term Computer Security Incident Response Team.

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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2024-47343

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

A security vulnerability has been identified in HPE Athonet Mobile Core software. The core application contains a code injection vulnerability where a threat actor could execute arbitrary commands with the privilege of the underlying container leading to complete takeover of the target system.

What

A security vulnerability has been identified in HPE Athonet Mobile Core software. The core application contains a code injection vulnerability where a threat actor could execute arbitrary commands with the privilege of the underlying container leading to complete takeover of the target system.

Why

Untrusted data can cross into a code-evaluation path and be interpreted as executable instructions.

How

An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may execute code or commands in the affected security context.

What

A security vulnerability has been identified in HPE Athonet Mobile Core software. The core application contains a code injection vulnerability where a threat actor could execute arbitrary commands with the privilege of the underlying container leading to complete takeover of the target system.

Why

Untrusted data can cross into a code-evaluation path and be interpreted as executable instructions.

How

An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may execute code or commands in the affected security context.

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Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
a network path → Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') → execute code or commands in the affected security context
Attack surface
Network
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High: exploitation depends on specific conditions
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-94 ↗

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection'). The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVNetworkAttack vector: The vulnerable component can be reached over a network.ACHighAttack complexity: Successful exploitation depends on specific conditions outside the attacker's direct control.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
After compromise, an attacker may use built-in shells, scripting engines, scheduled tasks and native network utilities for discovery, persistence or movement. This is a plausible LoTL path, not evidence that it has occurred for every attack.
NetworkRemote code executionCWE-94
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

Cyber Security Agency of Singapore · English · CSA-SB-20240626Security Bulletin 26 Jun 2024

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore included this CVE in its official Security Bulletin 26 Jun 2024, published on 26 June 2024. Open the linked bulletin for the product, severity and reference information published in that issue.

Official advisory ↗
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Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
HPE Athonet Mobile Core
Fixed
HPE Athonet Mobile Core
Action
To resolve the vulnerability described above, it is recommended to upgrade the software to the following version: - Athone Core 1.24.1.0 and above HPE Aruba Networking does not evaluate or patch HPE Athonet Mobile Core Software versions that have reached their End of Support (EoS) milestone. For more information about HPE Athonet Product Lifecycle and Versioning policy visit: https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/4aa5-5978enw?jumpid=in_pdfviewer-psnow
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. If business-safe, reduce exposure to the affected interface and allow only trusted sources until authoritative guidance is available.
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Evidence and provenance

Published 25 Jun 2024 · Last source change 8 Aug 2024, 14:05 UTC · CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-47343
Product sourceVendor CSAF · HPE Aruba Networking
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · HPE Aruba Networking
CWE sourceCISA ADP
NVD statusNVD not scheduled

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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  1. Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
    Before
    Athonet Core 1.23.4.2 and below ≤ <=1.23.4.2 · Fixed: No fixed version is explicitly recorded in the structured CVE data.
    After
    Athonet Core 1.23.4.2 and below ≤ <=1.23.4.2 · Fixed: To resolve the vulnerability described above, it is recommended to upgrade the software to the following version: - Athone Core 1.24.1.0 and above HPE Aruba Networking does not evaluate or patch HPE Athonet Mobile Core Software versions that have reached their End of Support (EoS) milestone. For more information about HPE Athonet Product Lifecycle and Versioning policy visit: https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/4aa5-5978enw?jumpid=in_pdfviewer-psnow
    HPE Aruba Networking ↗
  2. Remediation statusRemediation status changed from Awaiting fix to Patch available.
    Before
    Awaiting fix
    After
    Patch available
    HPE Aruba Networking ↗
Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
Fixed release recorded from official guidance
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-47343↗HPE Aruba Networking security advisory↗CVE authority or vendor reference↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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