CVE-2026-47097
Severity CVSS v4.0:
HIGH
Type:
CWE-321
Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
Publication date:
30/09/2026
Last modified:
30/09/2026
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.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
8.70
Severity 4.0
HIGH
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://d26ddnfpy9hzf8.cloudfront.net/aja-web/public/pdf/2026/AJA_HELO_PLUS_ReleaseNotes_v2.1.7.pdf
- https://www.aja.com/security-advisories/aja-sa-2026-003
- https://www.aja.com/support/item/10457
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aja-helo-plus-hardcoded-aes-passphrase-for-diagnostics-export-bundle


