CVE-2026-23822 (GCVE-0-2026-23822)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-12 18:37
Modified
2026-05-12 19:25
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A vulnerability in the XML handling component of AOS-8 DHCP services could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger a denial-of-service condition. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to cause excessive resource consumption upon user interaction, leading to service disruption or reduced availability of the affected system. NOTE: This vulnerability only impacts Access Points running AOS Instant 8.x.x.x
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS) Version: 8.13.0.0   ≤ 8.13.1.1
Version: 8.12.0.0   ≤ 8.12.0.6
Version: 8.10.0.0   ≤ 8.10.0.21
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