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CVE-2026-73778

Credential Manager Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Administrative Access

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 42nd percentile. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 3.18.1HighEPSS percentile42nd0.5% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD

NVD CVE.org

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) AOS-CXAffected: ≥ 10.18.0000, ≤ 10.18.0001Upgrade to: after 10.18.0001Affected: ≥ 10.17.0000, ≤ 10.17.1021Upgrade to: after 10.17.1021Affected: ≥ 10.16.0000, ≤ 10.16.1051Upgrade to: after 10.16.1051Affected: ≥ 10.13.0000, ≤ 10.13.1180Upgrade to: after 10.13.1180 + 1 more branchStated by: CVE record
  • Hpe Arubaos-cxAffected: ≤ 10.10.1180Upgrade to: after 10.10.1180Stated by: NVD

Versions as the sources state them. Full version matrix after sign-in

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What it is

From the CVE record

A vulnerability exists in the Credential Manager component that may allow for unauthorized administrative access. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability on a device in its factory-default or post-ZTP state before any administrator has configured credentials by providing a predictable factory-default password. Successful exploitation could result in full administrative control of the affected device during the initial setup process.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS42nd
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 42nd percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

9 events over 9 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. Patch availablerecord updated
  2. OpenVAS check added
  3. Record updated
  4. Record updated
  5. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped, record updated

Affected products

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

Open in the CVSS calculator

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Scored 8.1 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity HighRequires specific conditions like a race condition or non-default configuration
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

In the news

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