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CVE-2026-73749

9.8, critical

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) AOS-CX Improper Access Control Vulnerability

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CVSS
9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
0.8% higher than 56.2% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
No public evidence
Published
1 Sept 2026a month ago

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in a daemon of AOS-CX that may allow for improper processing of malformed input. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending specially crafted packets to the affected service. Successful exploitation could result in remote code execution with elevated privileges.

Details

Vendor
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Product
AOS-CX
Weakness
CWE-284 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
22 Sept 2026
Assigner
security-alert@hpe.com

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References 1

Advisories 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) CVEs

Every Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2025-37164 Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) OneView Code Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 90% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2026-73778 A vulnerability exists in the Credential Manager component that may allow for unauthorized administrative access EPSS 0.5% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2026-73750 Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) AOS-CX Improper Access Control Vulnerability EPSS 0.8% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2026-73751 Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) AOS-CX Command Injection Vulnerability EPSS 0.7% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2026-73763 Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) AOS-CX Command Injection Vulnerability EPSS 0.5% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2026-73780 Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) AOS-CX Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability EPSS 0.2% 8.3, high

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.