CVE-2026-47097

AJA HELO Plus firmware before 2.1.7 contains an information disclosure vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to decrypt sensitive diagnostics bundles by exploiting a static AES passphrase embedded in obfuscated form within the firmware. Attackers can reverse engineer the publicly available firmware image to recover the shared passphrase and decrypt diagnostics export bundles retrieved from the unauthenticated diagnostics endpoint on any affected device, exposing highly sensitive server information.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://d26ddnfpy9hzf8.cloudfront.net/aja-web/public/pdf/2026/AJA_HELO_PLUS_ReleaseNotes_v2.1.7.pdf
https://www.aja.com/security-advisories/aja-sa-2026-003
https://www.aja.com/support/item/10457
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aja-helo-plus-hardcoded-aes-passphrase-for-diagnostics-export-bundle

Configurations

No configuration.

History

30 Sep 2026, 22:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~{'url': 'https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aja-helo-plus-static-aes-passphrase-information-disclosure-via-diags', 'source': 'disclosure@vulncheck.com'}~~	() https://www.aja.com/security-advisories/aja-sa-2026-003 - () https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aja-helo-plus-hardcoded-aes-passphrase-for-diagnostics-export-bundle -

30 Sep 2026, 15:22

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-09-30 15:22

Updated : 2026-09-30 22:16

NVD link : CVE-2026-47097

Mitre link : CVE-2026-47097

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-47097

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-321

Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

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