HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System up to 10.13.1.1 access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System up to 10.13.1.1. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-23809. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System up to 10.13.1.1. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A technique has been identified that adapts a known port-stealing method to Wi-Fi environments that use multiple BSSIDs. By leveraging the relationship between BSSIDs and their associated virtual ports, an attacker could potentially bypass inter-BSSID isolation controls. Successful exploitation may enable an attacker to redirect and intercept the victim's network traffic, potentially resulting in eavesdropping, session hijacking, or denial of service.

The weakness was shared by Xin'an Zhou, Juefei Pu, Zhutian Liu, Zhiyun Qian, Zhaowei Tan and Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy. The advisory is shared at support.hpe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-23809 since 01/16/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/11/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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 System

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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