CVE-2026-15479

medium

Description

A vulnerability was found in H3C NX15 V100R017. Affected by this vulnerability is the function change_passwd of the file /api/login/modify of the component Administrator Password Modification Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument newPass results in weak password recovery. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/377785/cti

https://vuldb.com/vuln/377785

https://vuldb.com/submit/837069

https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-15479

https://github.com/coconut652-7/IOT_Vul_Public/tree/main/H3C/NX15R017/pre_auth_pwd_change

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-12

Updated: 2026-07-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00278