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CVE-2026-73777 (GCVE-0-2026-73777)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-01 20:28 – Updated: 2026-09-03 03:55
VLAI
Title
Authorization Bypass Vulnerabilities Leading to Privilege Escalation in AOS-CX API Endpoint
Summary
Vulnerabilities have been identified in the API endpoint of AOS-CX switches that could potentially allow an unauthenticated remote actor to circumvent existing authentication controls.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-02 00:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) AOS-CX Affected: 10.18.0000 , ≤ 10.18.0001 (semver)
Affected: 10.17.0000 , ≤ 10.17.1021 (semver)
Affected: 10.16.0000 , ≤ 10.16.1051 (semver)
Affected: 10.13.0000 , ≤ 10.13.1180 (semver)
Affected: 10.10.0000 , ≤ 10.10.1180 (semver)
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Credits
This vulnerability was discovered by internal security research at HPE Networking.
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