HPE AOS-Switch up to 16.11.0031 Management Interface improper authorization

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in HPE AOS-Switch up to 16.11.0031. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Management Interface. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-76743. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in HPE AOS-Switch up to 16.11.0031. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability have been identified in the management interface of AOS-S that could potentially allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls if certain preconditions outside of the attacker's control are met. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.

The advisory is available at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-76743 since 08/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required 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 10/06/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1548.002 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.

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• HPE

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• AOS-Switch

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• 16.11.0031

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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