Credential Manager Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Administrative Access

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-73778
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerhpe
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-01 21:18:44 UTC
Updated2026-09-02 19:34:36 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.1 HIGH from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.002950000 probability, percentile 0.216870000 (date 2026-09-02)

Problem Types: CWE-521 | CWE-521 CWE-521 Weak Password Requirements

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary8.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS8.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE AOS-CX affected 10.18.0000 10.18.0001 semver Not specified
CNA Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE AOS-CX affected 10.17.0000 10.17.1021 semver Not specified
CNA Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE AOS-CX affected 10.16.0000 10.16.1051 semver Not specified
CNA Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE AOS-CX affected 10.13.0000 10.13.1180 semver Not specified
CNA Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE AOS-CX affected 10.10.0000 10.10.1180 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay [email protected] support.hpe.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: This vulnerability was discovered by internal security research at HPE Networking. (en)

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