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.

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Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe) aos-cx
Weaknesses CWE-521
Vendors & Products Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe) aos-cx
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 02 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-798

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Credential Manager Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Administrative Access
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hpe

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-02T16:17:12.464Z

Reserved: 2026-08-13T16:39:09.491Z

Link: CVE-2026-73778

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T16:14:45.756Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-01T21:18:44.627

Modified: 2026-09-02T17:17:59.280

Link: CVE-2026-73778

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T16:42:58Z

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