CVE-2026-15479 (GCVE-0-2026-15479)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-12 05:00
Modified
2026-07-14 14:39
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-640 - Weak Password Recovery
Summary
A vulnerability was found in H3C NX15 V100R017. Affected by this vulnerability is the function change_passwd of the file /api/login/modify of the component Administrator Password Modification Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument newPass results in weak password recovery. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.
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