CVE-2026-15479 (GCVE-0-2026-15479)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-12 05:00 – Updated: 2026-07-12 05:00
VLAI
Title
H3C NX15 Administrator Password Modification Endpoint modify change_passwd password recovery
Summary
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.
Severity
6.9 (Medium)
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/E:P
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://vuldb.com/vuln/377785 vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/377785/cti signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-15479 third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/submit/837069 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/coconut652-7/IOT_Vul_Public/tr… exploit
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
H3C NX15 Affected: V100R017
    cpe:2.3:a:h3c:nx15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
coconut (VulDB User) VulDB CNA Team
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