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CVE-2026-23813: Authentication Bypass in Web Interface allows Unauthenticated Admin Password Reset

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 39/100)

Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.78% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 56% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A vulnerability has been identified in the web-based management interface of AOS-CX switches that could potentially allow an unauthenticated remote actor to circumvent existing authentication controls. In some cases this could enable resetting the admin password.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—Proof of concept No fix recorded

Published: Mar 11, 2026
Updated: Sep 22, 2026
EPSS: 0.7% · 56th percentile
CWE: CWE-287

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.7%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 9.8
CNA · hpe: 9.8; agree

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Vendor	Product	CPE
hpe	arubaos-cx	cpe:2.3:o:hpe:arubaos-cx
hpe	aruba cx 10000-48y6c \(r8p13a\)	cpe:2.3:h:hpe:aruba_cx_10000-48y6c_\(r8p13a\)
hpe	aruba cx 10000-48y6c \(r8p14a\)	cpe:2.3:h:hpe:aruba_cx_10000-48y6c_\(r8p14a\)
hpe	aruba cx 10000-48y6c \(s0f98a\)	cpe:2.3:h:hpe:aruba_cx_10000-48y6c_\(s0f98a\)
hpe	aruba cx 10040 \(s4r58a\)	cpe:2.3:h:hpe:aruba_cx_10040_\(s4r58a\)
hpe	aruba cx 10040 32p \(s4r54a\)	cpe:2.3:h:hpe:aruba_cx_10040_32p_\(s4r54a\)
hpe	aruba cx 10040 32p \(s4r55a\)	cpe:2.3:h:hpe:aruba_cx_10040_32p_\(s4r55a\)
hpe	aruba cx 10040 32p \(s4r56a\)	cpe:2.3:h:hpe:aruba_cx_10040_32p_\(s4r56a\)
hpe	aruba cx 4100i 12-port \(jl817a\)	cpe:2.3:h:hpe:aruba_cx_4100i_12-port_\(jl817a\)
hpe	aruba cx 4100i 24-port \(jl818a\)	cpe:2.3:h:hpe:aruba_cx_4100i_24-port_\(jl818a\)
hpe	aruba cx 6000 12g \(r8n89a\)	cpe:2.3:h:hpe:aruba_cx_6000_12g_\(r8n89a\)
hpe	aruba cx 6000 12p \(r8n89b\)	cpe:2.3:h:hpe:aruba_cx_6000_12p_\(r8n89b\)

and 144 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

hpe arubaos-cxbefore 10.10.1180
hpe arubaos-cx10.13.0000 and later · before 10.13.1161
hpe arubaos-cx10.16.0000 and later · before 10.16.1030
hpe arubaos-cx10.17.0000 and later · before 10.17.1001

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (hpe). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) AOS-CX
- 10.17.0000 and later · up to and including 10.17.0001affected · semver
- 10.16.0000 and later · up to and including 10.16.1020affected · semver
- 10.13.0000 and later · up to and including 10.13.1160affected · semver
- 10.10.0000 and later · up to and including 10.10.1170affected · semver

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2026-73778Credential Manager Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Administrative Access
39Monitor
CVE-2026-73749Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities lead to Remote Code Execution in AOS-CX
39Monitor
CVE-2021-41001An authenticated remote code execution vulnerability was discovered in the AOS-CX Network Analytics Engine (NAE) in Aruba CX 6200F Switch Se
36Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2025-37159Nov 18, 2025 · Authenticated Session Hijacking Allows Unauthorized Access in Network Switching Software
29Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2025-37160Nov 18, 2025 · Authenticated Broken Access Control (BAC) in REST API Configuration Service
26Monitor
Later →CVE-2026-23814Mar 11, 2026 · Authenticated Command Injection found in AOS-CX CLI Command
35Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:1	2026-05-23

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

PublishedMar 11, 2026
First PoCMay 23, 2026+73 d
TodayNov 1, 2026+236 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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moonvreporter

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2026-73777174 days apartAuthorization Bypass Vulnerabilities Leading to Privilege Escalation in AOS-CX API Endpoint
32Monitor
CVE-2026-73771174 days apartImproper Authentication Handling in AOS-CX Management Interface and API
30Monitor
CVE-2026-73764174 days apartAuthentication Bypass Vulnerabilities Leading to Unauthorized Modification and Service Disruption in AOS-CX
28Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

CVE-2026-238160 days apartAuthenticated Command Injection found in admin AOS-CX CLI command
35Monitor
CVE-2026-238140 days apartAuthenticated Command Injection found in AOS-CX CLI Command
35Monitor
CVE-2025-37158113 days apartAuthenticated Command Injection allows Unauthorized Command Execution in AOS-CX
35Monitor
CVE-2026-238150 days apartAuthenticated Command Injection found in AOS-CX Administrative CLI Command
28Monitor

Bug bounty scope

HPE VDPHackerOne · disclosure only (VDP)

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-287 · Improper Authentication

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-287 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
2

3// Route added later skips the middleware
4app.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);

Fixed

1const admin = express.Router();
2admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
3

4admin.post("/config", updateConfig);
5app.use("/admin", admin);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05027en_us&docLocale=en_US

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