CVE-2026-73740
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CVE-2026-73740 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.4/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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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Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Arubanetworks | Fabric Composer | <= 7.3.3 |
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- Status
- Analyzed
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