HPE NonStop Kernel T9050L02^BBP/T9050L02^BBS privileges management

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5.3$5k-$25k2.99

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HPE NonStop Kernel T9050L02^BBP/T9050L02^BBS. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-76668. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HPE NonStop Kernel T9050L02^BBP/T9050L02^BBS. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A security vulnerability in HPE NonStop Kernel may allow user space access to privileged or unmapped data.

The advisory is shared at support.hpe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-76668 since 08/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. 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 10/15/2026). 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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Temp Score: 4.4
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/19/2026 CVE reserved
10/15/2026 +57 days Advisory disclosed
10/15/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/15/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hpe.com

Advisory: support.hpe.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-76668 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-76668
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-420509

Entryinfo

Created: 10/15/2026 09:23
Changes: 10/15/2026 09:23 (60)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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