HPE Instant On up to 3.4.1.0 Command Line Interface path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in HPE Instant On up to 3.4.1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Command Line Interface. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-76737. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in HPE Instant On up to 3.4.1.0. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Command Line 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An authenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in the command line interface of HPE Networking Instant On. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with administrative access to modify a limited set of files on the underlying operating system and to interrupt the normal operation of the affected service.

The advisory is available at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-76737 since 08/19/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/29/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-89356). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• HPE

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• Instant On

Version

• 3.4.0
• 3.4.1.0

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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