# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`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`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pp2h-qx3j-9gxh

## 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 (Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key)

## 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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-47097 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-47097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AJA Video Systems HELO Plus. 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-2026-47097/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-47097/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47097
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47097
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47097

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-47097/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.