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AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Network API access requires high-privilege authentication; impact is DoS only with no confidentiality or integrity consequence.
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Stack overflow vulnerabilities exist in an API endpoint of AOS-CX. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated malicious actor to cause a denial-of-service condition on the affected system.
AnalysisAI
Stack overflow vulnerabilities in an HPE AOS-CX API endpoint allow an authenticated, high-privileged attacker to crash the affected system via a crafted request, resulting in a denial-of-service condition. The vulnerability is network-exploitable but requires prior administrative authentication, substantially limiting the attacker pool. …
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| Exploitation | Exploitation requires a valid high-privilege (administrative) account on the targeted HPE AOS-CX device; the CVSS vector PR:H confirms this. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.9 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) accurately reflects the constrained impact profile: exploitation requires high-privilege credentials, and the impact is limited to availability. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in. |
| Remediation | Apply the patch detailed in HPE Security Bulletin hpesbnw05134 at https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05134en_us&docLocale=en_US; the advisory covers multiple AOS-CX CVEs from the same research effort, so a single firmware upgrade addresses this and companion vulnerabilities. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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Same weakness CWE-121 – Stack-based Buffer Overflow
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EUVD-2026-69646
GHSA-mfg8-9hq6-x4x4