CVE-2026-23813 PUBLISHED

Authentication Bypass in Web Interface allows Unauthenticated Admin Password Reset

Assigner: hpe
Reserved: 16.01.2026 Published: 11.03.2026 Updated: 11.03.2026

A vulnerability has been identified in the web-based management interface of AOS-CX switches that could potentially allow an unauthenticated remote actor to circumvent existing authentication controls. In some cases this could enable resetting the admin password.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Product	AOS-CX
Versions	Default: affected affected from 10.17.0000 to 10.17.0001 (incl.) affected from 10.16.0000 to 10.16.1020 (incl.) affected from 10.13.0000 to 10.13.1101 (incl.) affected from 10.10.0000 to 10.10.1170 (incl.)

Credits

This vulnerability was discovered and reported by moonv through HPE Aruba Networking's Bug Bounty program. reporter

References

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05027en_us&docLocale=en_US