HPE AOS-CX up to 10.10.1170/10.13.1101/10.16.1020/10.17.0001 Custom Binary command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in HPE AOS-CX up to 10.10.1170/10.13.1101/10.16.1020/10.17.0001. This impacts an unknown function of the component Custom Binary. Such manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-23815. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HPE AOS-CX up to 10.10.1170/10.13.1101/10.16.1020/10.17.0001. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Custom Binary. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in a custom binary used in AOS-CX Switches' CLI could allow an authenticated remote attacker with high privileges to perform command injection. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute unauthorized commands.

The advisory is available at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-23815 since 01/16/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. 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 03/16/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0686). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

• Aruba AOS-CX

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• HPE

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• AOS-CX

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• 10.10.1170
• 10.13.1101
• 10.16.1020
• 10.17.0001

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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