HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating Systems up to 10.13.1.1 Policy Enforcement redirect

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating Systems up to 10.13.1.1. This impacts an unknown function of the component Policy Enforcement Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to redirect. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-23811. The attack is only possible within the local network. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating Systems up to 10.13.1.1. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Policy Enforcement Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-601. A web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a Redirect. This simplifies phishing attacks. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the client isolation mechanism may allow an attacker to bypass Layer 2 (L2) communication restrictions between clients and redirect traffic at Layer 3 (L3). In addition to bypassing policy enforcement, successful exploitation - when combined with a port-stealing attack - may enable a bi-directional Machine-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack.

The weakness was disclosed by Xin'an Zhou, Juefei Pu, Zhutian Liu, Zhiyun Qian, Zhaowei Tan and Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy. The advisory is available at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-23811 since 01/16/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/11/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1204.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• HPE

Name

• Aruba Networking Wireless Operating Systems

Version

• 10.4.1.0
• 10.4.1.1
• 10.4.1.2
• 10.4.1.3
• 10.4.1.4
• 10.4.1.5
• 10.4.1.6
• 10.4.1.7
• 10.4.1.8
• 10.4.1.9
• 10.4.1.10
• 10.7.2.0
• 10.7.2.1
• 10.7.2.2
• 10.8.0
• 10.12.0.0
• 10.12.0.1
• 10.12.0.2
• 10.12.0.3
• 10.12.0.4
• 10.12.0.5
• 10.12.0.6
• 10.13.0.0
• 10.13.0.1
• 10.13.0.2
• 10.13.0.3
• 10.13.0.4
• 10.13.0.5
• 10.13.0.6
• 10.13.0.7
• 10.13.0.8
• 10.13.0.9
• 10.13.0.10
• 10.13.0.11
• 10.13.0.12
• 10.13.0.13
• 10.13.0.14
• 10.13.0.15
• 10.13.0.16
• 10.13.0.17
• 10.13.0.18
• 10.13.0.19
• 10.13.0.20
• 10.13.0.21
• 10.13.1.0
• 10.13.1.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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