CVE-2026-47097 AJA HELO Plus < 2.1.7 Hardcoded AES Passphrase for Diagnostics Export Bundle
Attackers can decrypt sensitive diagnostics bundles by extracting a hardcoded AES passphrase from the firmware, exposing server information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-47097?
CVE-2026-47097 is a high-severity vulnerability in AJA Video Systems HELO Plus, published on 30 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-321
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-47097?
How do I fix CVE-2026-47097?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-47097 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-47097 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-47097 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pp2h-qx3j-9gxh.