HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System up to 10.8.0.0 Web-based Management Interface certificate validation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System up to 10.8.0.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Interface. Performing a manipulation results in certificate validation. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-44852. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System up to 10.8.0.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An authenticated remote code execution vulnerability exists in the AOS-8 and AOS-10 web-based management interface. A vulnerability in the certificate download functionality could allow an authenticated remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the underlying operating system by exploiting improper input validation in the file path parameter. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as a privileged user.

The advisory is shared at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-44852 since 05/07/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for 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 05/12/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1587.003 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

• 8.10.0.0
• 8.10.0.1
• 8.10.0.2
• 8.10.0.3
• 8.10.0.4
• 8.10.0.5
• 8.10.0.6
• 8.10.0.7
• 8.10.0.8
• 8.10.0.9
• 8.10.0.10
• 8.10.0.11
• 8.10.0.12
• 8.10.0.13
• 8.10.0.14
• 8.10.0.15
• 8.10.0.16
• 8.10.0.17
• 8.10.0.18
• 8.10.0.19
• 8.10.0.20
• 8.10.0.21
• 8.12.0.0
• 8.12.0.1
• 8.12.0.2
• 8.12.0.3
• 8.12.0.4
• 8.12.0.5
• 8.12.0.6
• 8.13.1.0
• 8.13.1.1
• 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

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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