CVE-2026-73779

high

Assigned by CNA: hpe

Published 2026-09-01 · Modified 2026-09-01

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CVSS v3

8.2

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.2

Description

Vulnerabilities have been identified in the operating system of AOS-CX switches that could potentially allow an unauthenticated remote actor to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could compromise system integrity and further expose sensitive information.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

78%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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References

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

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.