CVE-2026-73779 (GCVE-0-2026-73779)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-01 20:28
Modified
2026-09-03 03:55
Severity ?
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) AOS-CX Version: 10.18.0000   ≤ 10.18.0001
Version: 10.17.0000   ≤ 10.17.1021
Version: 10.16.0000   ≤ 10.16.1051
Version: 10.13.0000   ≤ 10.13.1180
Version: 10.10.0000   ≤ 10.10.1180
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