CVE-2026-73778 — Credential Manager Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Administrative Access

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) / AOS-CX	affected 10.18.0000 through 10.18.0001; affected 10.17.0000 through 10.17.1021; affected 10.16.0000 through 10.16.1051; affected 10.13.0000 through 10.13.1180; affected 10.10.0000 through 10.10.1180

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05134en_us&docLocale=en_US

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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