CVE-2026-73758 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the API endpoint of AOS-CX. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated low privilege operator user to change the state of certain settings of a vulnerable system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe)	Aos-cx

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05134en_us&docLocale=en_US

History

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe) Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe) aos-cx
Vendors & Products		Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe) Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe) aos-cx

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-269
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the API endpoint of AOS-CX. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated low privilege operator user to change the state of certain settings of a vulnerable system.
Title		Authenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability via Broken Access Control in AOS-CX
References		https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05134en_us&docLocale=en_US
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hpe

Published: 2026-09-01T20:28:14.391Z

Updated: 2026-09-03T03:56:17.757Z

Reserved: 2026-08-13T16:38:28.877Z

Link: CVE-2026-73758

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T13:55:36.004Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-01T21:18:42.503

Modified: 2026-09-03T13:06:05.027

Link: CVE-2026-73758

Redhat

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