CVE-2026-73768

HIGH 7.3

Local Privilege Escalation in AOS-CX Command Line Interface

CVSS Score

7.3

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

A vulnerability exists in the command line interface of AOS-CX that may allow for improper processing of malformed input. Successful exploitation could result in the execution of arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Vendor	hewlett packard enterprise (hpe)
Product	aos-cx
Published	Sep 1, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) / AOS-CX

10.18.0000 ≤ 10.18.0001 10.17.0000 ≤ 10.17.1021 10.16.0000 ≤ 10.16.1051 10.13.0000 ≤ 10.13.1180 10.10.0000 ≤ 10.10.1180

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

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

Credits

🔍 This vulnerability was discovered by internal security research at HPE Networking.