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CVE-2026-47097: AJA HELO Plus < 2.1.7 Hardcoded AES Passphrase for Diagnostics Export Bundle

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-30 · updated 2026-09-30
• Weakness: CWE-321

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.

Affected products

• AJA Video Systems HELO Plus: before 2.1.7 — fixed in 2.1.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: AJA Video Systems HELO Plus 2.1.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• 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

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