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CVE-2026-73778

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) AOS-CX — Credential Manager Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Administrative Access

EPSS 0.5%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
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CVSS 9.8 (NVD)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 43.2.432 × 208.6No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

A vulnerability exists in the Credential Manager component that may allow for unauthorized administrative access. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability on a device in its factory-default or post-ZTP state before any administrator has configured credentials by providing a predictable factory-default password. Successful exploitation could result in full administrative control of the affected device during the initial setup process.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
AOS-CX10.18.0000 – 10.18.0001–CNA
AOS-CX10.17.0000 – 10.17.1021–CNA
AOS-CX10.16.0000 – 10.16.1051–CNA
AOS-CX10.13.0000 – 10.13.1180–CNA
AOS-CX10.10.0000 – 10.10.1180–CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
hpe (CNA)8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

refsupport.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05134en_us&docLocale=en_US