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aruba cx 6000 12p \(r8n89b\)

PRODUCT

· dossier confidence 40%

The HPE Aruba CX 6000 12P switch exhibits a critical security posture due to multiple unpatched vulnerabilities in its AOS-CX operating system, including unauthenticated RCEs and management interface flaws. These vulnerabilities indicate systemic weaknesses in the underlying operating system, posing significant risk to defense-industrial-base networks.

Failure events
3
Zero-days
0
RCEs
1
On KEV
0
Critical
2
Worst shame
85
PROFILE
CategorynetworkingWhat they doHPE Aruba CX 6000 12P (R8N89B) is a managed 12G 2SFP PoE+ 139W switch running the AOS-CX operating system.HQPalo Alto, California, USA Websitehttps://www.arubanetworks.com ↗
SECURITY POSTURE

Critical security posture due to multiple unpatched vulnerabilities in the AOS-CX operating system, including unauthenticated RCEs and management interface flaws.

Notable failures
  • CVE-2026-73749: unauthenticated RCE via malformed input on AOS-CX daemons
  • CVE-2026-73778: Credential Manager component vulnerability
  • CVE-2026-23813: web-based management interface vulnerability
Patterns: repeated unpatched edge-device RCEs; systemic weaknesses in underlying operating system; management interface flaws
FAILURE HISTORY · 3
DATEEVENTSEVSUMMARY
2026-09-01 CVE-2026-73749 critical An unauthenticated remote attacker can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on HPE AOS-CX daemons via malformed input.
2026-09-01 CVE-2026-73778 high CVE-2026-73778: A vulnerability exists in the Credential Manager component that may allow for un
2026-03-11 CVE-2026-23813 critical CVE-2026-23813: A vulnerability has been identified in the web-based management interface of AOS
DOSSIER SOURCES
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DOSSIER · dex-RAG synthesis · grounded in our own collection + trusted sourcesbuilt 2026-09-25 04:40:36.584433+00:00