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CVE-2021-26586 — Hp Edgeline Infrastructure Management security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.5

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager, also known as HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Management Software. The vulnerability could be remotely exploited to disclose sensitive information. HPE has made software updates available to resolve the vulnerability in the HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager (EIM).

Severity
High
CVSS
7.5 (3.1)
Published
2021-08-05
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application

Affected products

  • hp / edgeline_infrastructure_management

Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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