CVE-2026-65197
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Description
H3C HDM Family-A verifies the RSA signature of a firmware image against a public key it reads from the mutable file `/conf/public.pem`. That file is writable by an authenticated Redfish client through the `UpdateService.UploadSignKey` action, which stores the uploaded body verbatim after validating only that the multipart filename ends in `.pem`. An administrator, or any account with `firmware-update` privilege, can therefore replace the trust anchor with their own key, sign a malicious image with the matching private key, and have it pass verification. Family-A has no hardware root-of-trust (no PFR) to catch the substituted key. This was observed on H3C HDM Family-A G5 HDM 6.14.01. H3C HDM Family-A G3/G5 builds carrying the Redfish/DRE update tree appear to be affected. HDM2 uses a different update path and is not covered by this finding.
Quick Facts
| CVE ID | CVE-2026-65197 |
| CVSS Score | 3.1 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| Published | 2026-10-13 |
| Exploited | No |
| CISA KEV | No |
| PoC | Not public |