Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-7023

Title: Arubanetworks Aruba Mobility Controller Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-7023.

CWE Category CWE-310

Published Date Aug 21, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.81%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-7023: Aruba Mobility Controller running ArubaOS 3.3.1.16, and possibly other versions, installs the same default X.509 certificate for all installations, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when the administrator does not follow recommendations in the product's security documentation.

Impacted Vendors

aruba_networks 1

arubanetworks 1

Reference Links

http://osvdb.org/51731 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496604/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496622/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31336 http://osvdb.org/51731 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496604/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496622/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31336

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-7023 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 21, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.