Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Broken Access Control in HPE Networking Fabric Composer

published 2026-09-01 2mo ago modified 2026-09-02 2mo ago also EUVD-2026-69451

cvss: 7.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits: 0; none known

Privilege escalation vulnerabilities exist in the API of HPE Networking Fabric Composer. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated low privilege operator user to change the state of certain settings of a vulnerable system.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

arubanetworks fabric_composer 7.3.4

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2mo ago (2026-09-02)

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Fabric Composer

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

support.hpe.com /hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05133en_us&docLocale=en_US
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-73724
NVD CVE-2026-73724

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