HPE AOS-CX up to 10.18.0001 privileges management

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9.4$5k-$25k0.50+

Summaryinfo

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 very critical. This impacts an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-73753. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in HPE AOS-CX up to 10.10.1180/10.13.1180/10.16.1051/10.17.1021/10.18.0001. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Exploitation through affected command-line operations could allow an authenticated low-privileged user to execute arbitrary commands as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

The advisory is shared at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-73753 since 08/13/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/01/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

VulDB Base Score: 9.9
VulDB Temp Score: 9.9
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/13/2026 CVE reserved
09/01/2026 +19 days Advisory disclosed
09/01/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/01/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hpe.com

Advisory: support.hpe.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-73753 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-73753
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-397857

Entryinfo

Created: 09/01/2026 23:13
Changes: 09/01/2026 23:13 (60)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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