Authenticated code execution via CLI buffer overflow
Published Jul 21, 2026 · Updated Jul 21, 2026
Buffer overflow in the AOS-CX command-line interface allows remote authenticated users with low privileges to execute privileged code. HPE has not disclosed the affected command, buffer, or unchecked copy operation beyond locating the flaw in the CLI. Reachability requires a low-privileged CLI account and network access to a management interface; successful exploitation runs arbitrary code as a privileged operating-system user.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in the AOS-CX command-line interface allows remote authenticated users with low privileges to execute privileged code. HPE has not disclosed the affected command, buffer, or unchecked copy operation beyond locating the flaw in the CLI. Reachability requires a low-privileged CLI account and network access to a management interface; successful exploitation runs arbitrary code as a privileged operating-system user.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-44880
- Published
- Jul 21, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 21, 2026
- Vendor
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
- Product
- AOS-CX
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1210
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 21, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 21, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.13.0000 <=10.13.1170
- Affected versionversion=10.16.0000 <=10.16.1050
- Affected versionversion=10.17.0000 <=10.17.1020
- Affected versionversion=10.18.0000 <10.18.0001
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