HPE AOS-CX up to 10.18.0001 API Endpoints path traversal

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A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in HPE AOS-CX up to 10.10.1180/10.13.1180/10.16.1051/10.17.1021/10.18.0001. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component API Endpoints. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-73765. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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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 and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component API Endpoints. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Authenticated path traversal vulnerabilities exist in API endpoints of AOS-CX. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities allows an attacker to write arbitrary files to the underlying operating system, which could lead to remote code execution.

The advisory is shared at support.hpe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-73765 since 08/13/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. 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 T1006 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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• 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

Website

• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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