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GHSA-PP2H-QX3J-9GXH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-30 15:31 – Updated: 2026-10-01 00:32

Details

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-47097 (GCVE-0-2026-47097)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-30 14:31 – Updated: 2026-09-30 22:00

Title

AJA HELO Plus < 2.1.7 Hardcoded AES Passphrase for Diagnostics Export Bundle

Summary

Severity

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-30 15:15 UTC

CWE

CWE-321 - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root Scorecard

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.aja.com/security-advisories/aja-sa-2026-003	vendor-advisory
https://d26ddnfpy9hzf8.cloudfront.net/aja-web/pub…	release-notes
https://www.aja.com/support/item/10457	patchproduct
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aja-helo-plu…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
AJA Video Systems	HELO Plus	Affected: 0 , < 2.1.7 (semver)

Date Public

2026-09-01 00:00

Credits

Saleh Alghamdi Abdulrahman Aldossary

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