---
id: CVE-2026-76748
title: A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the API of AOS-S
summary: >-
  A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the API of AOS-S. Successful
  exploitation could allow an authenticated read-only user to escalate their
  privileges and gain administrative access to the affected system.
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-269
vendor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
product: AOS-Switch (AOS-S)
affected:
  - aos-switch_aos-s >= 16.11.0000 <= 16.11.0031
published: '2026-10-06'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T04:17:37.717'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76748'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05156en_us&docLocale=en_US
    label: security-alert@hpe.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-07T19:19:09.893963Z'
epss: 0.00275
epssPercentile: 0.19799
ingestedAt: '2026-10-06T20:16:42.509Z'
---

## Overview

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the API of AOS-S. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated read-only user to escalate their privileges and gain administrative access to the affected system.

## Remediation

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