CVE-2026-73726 (GCVE-0-2026-73726)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-01 19:47
Modified
2026-09-02 15:32
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in the underlying operating system of HPE Networking Fabric Composer that could potentially allow an unauthenticated adjacent actor to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain administrative access, modify system configurations, and access or manipulate sensitive data.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Fabric Composer Version: 7.0.0   ≤ 7.3.3
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