HPE AOS-CX up to 10.18.0001 Web-based Management Interface path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HPE AOS-CX up to 10.10.1180/10.13.1180/10.16.1051/10.17.1021/10.18.0001. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Web-based Management Interface. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-73760. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in HPE AOS-CX up to 10.10.1180/10.13.1180/10.16.1051/10.17.1021/10.18.0001. It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown processing of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An authenticated Path Traversal vulnerability exists in AOS-CX. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to read arbitrary files from the web-based management interface of the underlying operating system, which could lead to remote unauthorized access to files.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-73760 since 08/13/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/01/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• HPE

Name

• AOS-CX

Version

• 10.10.1180
• 10.13.1180
• 10.16.1051
• 10.17.1021
• 10.18.0001

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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