HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System up to 10.8.0.0 Web-based Management Interface command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System up to 10.8.0.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Web-based Management Interface. Performing a manipulation results in command injection. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-44872. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

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 an unknown part of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A command injection vulnerability exists in the web-based management interface of AOS-8 and AOS-10 Operating Systems. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated remote attacker to place arbitrary files on the underlying filesystem of the affected device.

The advisory is shared at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-44872 since 05/07/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. 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 T1202 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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/07/2026 CVE reserved
05/12/2026 +5 days Advisory disclosed
05/12/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/12/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hpe.com

Advisory: support.hpe.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-44872 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-44872
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-363345

Entryinfo

Created: 05/12/2026 22:05
Changes: 05/12/2026 22:05 (62)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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