---
id: CVE-2026-73755
title: Privilege Escalation via Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Session Information
summary: >-
  A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the API endpoint of AOS-CX.
  Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated low-privilege operator
  user, after a required user action, to access sensitive information from the
  vulnerabl…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
vendor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
product: AOS-CX
affected:
  - AOS-CX >= 10.18.0000 <= 10.18.0001
  - AOS-CX >= 10.17.0000 <= 10.17.1021
  - AOS-CX >= 10.16.0000 <= 10.16.1051
  - AOS-CX >= 10.13.0000 <= 10.13.1180
  - AOS-CX >= 10.10.0000 <= 10.10.1180
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-03T03:56:17.464604Z'
published: '2026-09-01'
updated: '2026-11-03'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-03T22:13:32.192Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73755'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05134en_us&docLocale=en_US
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00306
epssPercentile: 0.23564
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T20:33:06.581Z'
---

## Overview

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the API endpoint of AOS-CX. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated low-privilege operator user, after a required user action, to access sensitive information from the vulnerable system.

## Affected

- `AOS-CX >= 10.18.0000 <= 10.18.0001`
- `AOS-CX >= 10.17.0000 <= 10.17.1021`
- `AOS-CX >= 10.16.0000 <= 10.16.1051`
- `AOS-CX >= 10.13.0000 <= 10.13.1180`
- `AOS-CX >= 10.10.0000 <= 10.10.1180`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.