Local Privilege Escalation leads to Arbitrary Code Execution in HPE Networking Fabric Composer

published 2026-09-01 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-02 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-69452

cvss: 7.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits: 0; none known

A local privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in HPE Networking Fabric Composer. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privileges, leading to a complete compromise of the affected host.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

arubanetworks fabric_composer 7.3.4

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 mo ago (2026-09-02)

Exploit prediction

0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Fabric Composer

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

support.hpe.com /hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05133en_us&docLocale=en_US
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-73725
NVD CVE-2026-73725

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Summary