CVE-2026-76725

CRITICAL 9.6

Authentication Bypass in a Management Protocol of HPE Networking Instant ON APs

CVSS Score

9.6

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

A vulnerability has been identified in a management protocol of HPE Networking Instant ON APs that could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could result in a complete bypass of security restrictions, potentially leading to remote code execution with elevated privileges.

Vendor	hewlett packard enterprise (hpe)
Product	instant on
Published	Sep 29, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) / Instant ON

0.0.0.0 ≤ 3.4.1.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

support.hpe.com: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05150en_us&docLocale=en_US

Credits

🔍 Internal security research (HPE Networking).