Authenticated privilege escalation via broken access control

published 2025-01-28 21 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-3096

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits: 0; none known

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the web-based management interface of HPE Aruba 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 7.1.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-01-28)

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer (AFC)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

support.hpe.com /hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw04775en_us&docLocale=en_US
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-23053
NVD CVE-2025-23053

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Summary