CVE-2026-18902
CVE-2026-18902 — H3C NX15 esps repeaterproc command injection
A vulnerability was detected in H3C NX15 V100R017. Affected by this vulnerability is the function esps.wan.repeater.set/repeaterproc of the file /api/esps. Performing a manipulation of the argument my2P4key results in command injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit is now public 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
4%
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-77
- CWE-74
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
- T1562.003Impair Defenses: Impair Command History Logging
- T1574.006Hijack Execution Flow: Dynamic Linker Hijacking
- T1574.007Hijack Execution Flow: Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable
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 /repeaterproc, /api/esps.
References
6 on the record
- vuldb.com/vuln/385936
vdb-entry, technical-description
- vuldb.com/vuln/385936/cti
signature, permissions-required
- vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-18902
third-party-advisory
- vuldb.com/submit/857833
third-party-advisory
- github.com/coconut652-7/IOT_Vul_Public/blob/main/H3C/NX15R017/esps.wan.repeater.set-repeaterproc/report/postauth_esps_wan_repeater_repeaterproc_rce_report.md
related
- github.com/coconut652-7/IOT_Vul_Public/blob/main/H3C/NX15R017/esps.wan.repeater.set-repeaterproc/poc/postauth_esps_wan_repeater_repeaterproc_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.