# CVE-2026-23601: Frame Injection via Shared GTK Allows Traffic Spoofing and Client Compromise

> Attackers can spoof traffic and deliver tampered data to endpoints by exploiting wireless encryption flaws in HPE Aruba networking devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 1 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hxv6-43wp-jffh

## What is CVE-2026-23601?

CVE-2026-23601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 4 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in the wireless encryption handling of Wi-Fi transmissions. A malicious actor can generate shared-key authenticated transmissions containing targeted payloads while impersonating the identity of a primary BSSID.Successful exploitation allows for the delivery of tampered data to specific endpoints, bypassing standard cryptographic separation.

Weakness: CWE-327 (Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-23601?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Arubanetworks Arubaos.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-23601?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-23601 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-23601 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23601 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Arubanetworks Arubaos

- [CVE-2024-42393](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42393/): Memory corruption in Hpe Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-42394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42394/): Memory corruption in HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-42395](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42395/): Memory corruption in HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31466/): Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31467](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31467/): Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-23601 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-23601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 4 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23601 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Arubanetworks Arubaos. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23601/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23601/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23601
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23601
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23601

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23601/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.