HPE EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways up to 9.4.8.2/9.5.8.1/9.6.3.1/9.7.0.0 resource consumption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in HPE EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways up to 9.4.8.2/9.5.8.1/9.6.3.1/9.7.0.0. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-76696. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in HPE EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways up to 9.4.8.2/9.5.8.1/9.6.3.1/9.7.0.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in HPE Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to conduct a denial of service attack. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to crash the system, preventing it from rebooting without manual intervention and disrupting network operations.

The advisory is shared at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-76696 since 08/19/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/15/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 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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Productinfo

Type

• Network Management Software

Vendor

• HPE

Name

• EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways

Version

• 9.4.8.0
• 9.4.8.1
• 9.4.8.2
• 9.5.8.0
• 9.5.8.1
• 9.6.3.0
• 9.6.3.1
• 9.7.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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