CVE-2026-18901
CVE-2026-18901 — H3C NX15 Web API esps service.add routine
A security vulnerability has been detected in H3C NX15 V100R017. Affected is the function service.add of the file /api/esps of the component Web API. Such manipulation leads to exposed dangerous routine. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, VulDB
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
1%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
7.2
HIGH
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
PoC
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Total
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-749
Detection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.
- Search application, proxy, and WAF logs for requests touching /api/esps.
References
6 on the record
- vuldb.com/vuln/385935
vdb-entry, technical-description
- vuldb.com/vuln/385935/cti
signature, permissions-required
- vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-18901
third-party-advisory
- vuldb.com/submit/857817
third-party-advisory
- github.com/coconut652-7/IOT_Vul_Public/tree/main/H3C/NX15R017/service_add_root_rce_chain/report
related
- github.com/coconut652-7/IOT_Vul_Public/blob/main/H3C/NX15R017/service_add_root_rce_chain/poc/postauth_service_add_rce.py
exploit
Elsewhere on this site
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.