CVE-2026-73740

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Local Privilege Escalation in HPE Networking Fabric Composer

Publication date: 2026-09-01

Last updated on: 2026-09-01

Assigner: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in HPE Networking Fabric Composer could allow an authenticated privileged user on the underlying host to elevate their user privileges to those of a higher role. A successful exploit allows the attacker to change the state of certain settings of the affected system.

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Meta Information

Published

2026-09-01

Last Modified

2026-09-01

Generated

2026-09-02

AI Q&A

2026-09-02

EPSS Evaluated

N/A

NVD

CVE-2026-73740

EUVD

EUVD-2026-69467

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
hpe	networking_fabric_composer	*

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
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.

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Executive Summary

This is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in HPE Networking Fabric Composer. An authenticated privileged user on the host can exploit it to elevate their privileges to a higher role. Successful exploitation allows changing certain system settings.

Impact Analysis

If exploited, an attacker with existing access could gain higher privileges, potentially allowing unauthorized changes to system settings. This could lead to further compromise of the affected system.

Compliance Impact

This vulnerability allows an authenticated user to elevate privileges, which could lead to unauthorized changes in system settings. Such unauthorized access may violate compliance requirements for GDPR (data protection) and HIPAA (healthcare data security) by enabling unauthorized modifications to sensitive configurations.

Mitigation Strategies

Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by HPE for Networking Fabric Composer to address the privilege escalation vulnerability.

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