CVE-2026-73749: Vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) AOS-CX
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities in a daemon of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) AOS-CX allow unauthenticated remote attackers to send specially crafted packets that may lead to remote code execution with elevated privileges. These vulnerabilities affect several versions of AOS-CX and have a critical severity rating.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.8critical
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-73749 describes multiple vulnerabilities in a daemon component of HPE AOS-CX. These vulnerabilities enable an unauthenticated remote attacker to send malformed input packets to the affected service, potentially causing improper processing. Successful exploitation can result in remote code execution with elevated privileges. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 9.8, indicating critical impact with network attack vector, no privileges required, no user interaction, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. The vulnerabilities are part of a larger set of related CVEs affecting the product.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code remotely on the affected system with elevated privileges. This can lead to full compromise of the device running HPE AOS-CX, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory (Nationaal Cyber Security Centrum advisory NCSC-2026-0340) for current remediation guidance. No official fix or patch links are provided in the current data. Until a patch is available, restrict network access to the affected service to trusted sources only.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Nationaal Cyber Security Centrum
- Advisory Id
- NCSC-2026-0340
- Cve Count
- 26
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-73750","CVE-2026-73751","CVE-2026-73752","CVE-2026-73753","CVE-2026-73782","CVE-2026-73780","CVE-2026-73779","CVE-2026-73778","CVE-2026-73777","CVE-2026-73776","CVE-2026-73775","CVE-2026-73774","CVE-2026-73773","CVE-2026-73770","CVE-2026-73764","CVE-2026-73763","CVE-2026-73762","CVE-2026-73761","CVE-2026-73760","CVE-2026-73758","CVE-2026-73772","CVE-2026-73757","CVE-2026-73755","CVE-2026-73754","CVE-2026-73783"]
Threat ID: 6a998f55acd9273b4919230c
Added to database: 09/03/2026, 15:16:37 UTC
Last enriched: 09/07/2026, 18:07:52 UTC
Last updated: 10/19/2026, 18:48:23 UTC
Views: 114
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