Aruba Networking Private 5g Core
CVE-2026-23596
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack vector: Adjacent Network. Complexity: Low. Privileges required: None. User interaction: None. Exploitation no authentication required. Exploitable via remote/network. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker without authentication could exploit this vulnerability to disrupt services and negatively impact system availability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 12, 2026
Unauthenticated attackers can trigger service restarts through the management API in Aruba Networking Private 5G Core, causing denial of service and disrupting system availability. This network-adjacent vulnerability requires no authentication or user interaction and has a publicly available patch to remediate the issue.
Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
A vulnerability in the management API of the affected product could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger service restarts. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to disrupt services and negatively impact system availability. [CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM]
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Classified as CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption). Affects Aruba Networking Private 5G Core. A vulnerability in the management API of the affected product could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger service restarts. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to disrupt services and negatively impact system availability.
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AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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2DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability in the management API of the affected product could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger service restarts. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to disrupt services and negatively impact system availability.
Executive ViewAI
CVE-2026-23596 presents notable security risk, a resource exhaustion vulnerability rated CVSS 6.5. Service availability could be impacted. A patch is available and should be applied during regular vulnerability management.
Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: implement rate limiting and resource quotas.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass API authentication in Aruba Networking Private 5G Core to create unauthorized admin
HPE Aruba Networking 5G Core API error handling exposes sensitive information including user accounts, roles, and system
HPE Aruba Networking 5G Core API error handling leaks sensitive information including user accounts, roles, and system c
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