HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System up to 10.13.1.1 Wi-Fi Transmission improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System up to 10.13.1.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Wi-Fi Transmission Handler. This manipulation causes improper authentication. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-23601. The attack can only be done within the local network. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System up to 10.13.1.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Wi-Fi Transmission Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in the wireless encryption handling of Wi-Fi transmissions. A malicious actor can generate shared-key authenticated transmissions containing targeted payloads while impersonating the identity of a primary BSSID.Successful exploitation allows for the delivery of tampered data to specific endpoints, bypassing standard cryptographic separation.

The weakness was released by Xin'an Zhou, Juefei Pu, Zhutian Liu, Zhiyun Qian, Zhaowei Tan and Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy. It is possible to read the advisory at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-23601 since 01/14/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/11/2026).

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/14/2026 CVE reserved
03/04/2026 +49 days Advisory disclosed
03/04/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/11/2026 +7 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hpe.com

Advisory: support.hpe.com
Researcher: Xin'an Zhou, Juefei Pu, Zhutian Liu, Zhiyun Qian, Zhaowei Tan, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-23601 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-23601
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-348751

Entryinfo

Created: 03/04/2026 18:27
Updated: 03/11/2026 03:22
Changes: 03/04/2026 18:27 (63), 03/11/2026 03:22 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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