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.
History

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Arubanetworks
Arubanetworks fabric Composer
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:fabric_composer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Arubanetworks
Arubanetworks fabric Composer

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe) fabric Composer
Vendors & Products Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe) fabric Composer

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title Local Privilege Escalation in HPE Networking Fabric Composer
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hpe

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-01T20:24:48.177Z

Reserved: 2026-08-13T16:38:10.812Z

Link: CVE-2026-73740

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-01T20:13:33.648Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-01T20:17:21.640

Modified: 2026-09-03T15:12:25.217

Link: CVE-2026-73740

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T16:44:04Z