CVE-2026-73713

Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities in HPE Networking Fabric Composer

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 1, 2026 at 07:46 PM UTC
Updated: September 2, 2026 at 04:32 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFabric ComposerFabric Composer

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Local privilege-escalation vulnerabilities have been discovered in HPE Networking Fabric Composer. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privileges on the underlying operating system of the affected system.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 7.3.4
Affected range stops below 7.3.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHhpe
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-269

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