CVE-2026-73777 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

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 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-284 CWE-285

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-287
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-284 CWE-285

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		Authorization Bypass Vulnerabilities Leading to Privilege Escalation in AOS-CX API Endpoint
References		https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05134en_us&docLocale=en_US
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hpe

Published: 2026-09-01T20:28:51.978Z

Updated: 2026-09-03T03:55:54.637Z

Reserved: 2026-08-13T16:39:09.490Z

Link: CVE-2026-73777

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T12:37:26.172Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-01T21:18:44.520

Modified: 2026-09-03T13:06:06.537

Link: CVE-2026-73777

Redhat

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