Description
A vulnerability exists in the Credential Manager component that may allow for unauthorized administrative access. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability on a device in its factory-default or post-ZTP state before any administrator has configured credentials by providing a predictable factory-default password. Successful exploitation could result in full administrative control of the affected device during the initial setup process.
Affected products
hpe: arubaos-cx; hpe: aruba cx 10000-48y6c \(r8p13a\); hpe: aruba cx 10000-48y6c \(r8p14a\); hpe: aruba cx 10000-48y6c \(s0f98a\); hpe: aruba cx 10040 \(s4r58a\); hpe: aruba cx 10040 32p \(s4r54a\); hpe: aruba cx 10040 32p \(s4r55a\); hpe: aruba cx 10040 32p \(s4r56a\); hpe: aruba cx 4100i 12-port \(jl817a\); hpe: aruba cx 4100i 24-port \(jl818a\); hpe: aruba cx 6000 12g \(r8n89a\); hpe: aruba cx 6000 12p \(r8n89b\); hpe: aruba cx 6000 12p \(s4r21a\); hpe: aruba cx 6000 24g \(r8n87a\); hpe: aruba cx 6000 24g \(r8n88a\)
References1
- support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05134en_us… PatchVendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8
CRITICAL
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 43 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-521
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