CVE-2018-7083: Arubanetworks Aruba Instant

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

If a process running within Aruba Instant crashes, it may leave behind a "core dump", which contains the memory contents of the process at the time it crashed. It was discovered that core dumps are stored in a way that unauthenticated users can access them through the Aruba Instant web interface. Core dumps could contain sensitive information such as keys and passwords. Workaround: Block access to the Aruba Instant web interface from all untrusted users. Resolution: Fixed in Aruba Instant 4.2.4.12, 6.5.4.11, 8.3.0.6, and 8.4.0.0

Affected products

• Arubanetworks Aruba Instant: from 4.0, before 4.2.4.12 (fixed in 4.2.4.12); from 6.5.0, before 6.5.4.11 (fixed in 6.5.4.11); from 8.3.0, before 8.3.0.6 (fixed in 8.3.0.6)
• Siemens Scalance w1750d Firmware: before 8.4.0.1 (fixed in 8.4.0.1)

Published 2019-05-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.