# CVE-2026-44873: Insufficient Session Invalidation on User Account Deactivation in AOS-8 Operating System

> Attackers with compromised credentials retain network access after account deactivation due to insufficient session invalidation in HPE Aruba AOS.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 May 2026
- **Updated:** 15 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h57h-82mj-62h6

## What is CVE-2026-44873?

CVE-2026-44873 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 12 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A session management vulnerability in AOS-8 allows previously authenticated users to retain network access after their accounts are administratively disabled. Existing sessions are not invalidated when credentials are revoked, enabling continued access until session expiration. An attacker with compromised credentials could exploit this behavior to maintain unauthorized access even after the account has been disabled.

Weakness: CWE-613 (DEPRECATED: Insufficient Session Expiration)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44873?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Arubanetworks Arubaos, Arubanetworks Sd-Wan.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-44873?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-44873 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-44873 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44873 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-2026-44873 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-44873 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 12 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44873 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-2026-44873/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44873/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44873
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44873
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44873

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44873/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.