---
id: CVE-2026-95737
title: Local Privilege Escalation in HPE Networking Fabric Composer
summary: >-
  A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the underlying operating system
  of HPE Networking Fabric Composer. Successful exploitation could allow a local
  attacker with high privileges to gain elevated privileges on the underlying
  hos…
severity: high
cvss: 8.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
vendor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
product: Fabric Composer
affected:
  - fabric_composer >= 7.4.0 <= 7.4.0
  - fabric_composer >= 7.0.0 <= 7.3.4
published: '2026-11-03'
updated: '2026-11-03'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-03T19:50:54.352Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-95737'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05172en_us&docLocale=en_US
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00117
epssPercentile: 0.01687
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T20:33:06.407Z'
---

## Overview

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the underlying operating system of HPE Networking Fabric Composer. Successful exploitation could allow a local attacker with high privileges to gain elevated privileges on the underlying host operating system.

## Affected

- `fabric_composer >= 7.4.0 <= 7.4.0`
- `fabric_composer >= 7.0.0 <= 7.3.4`

## Remediation

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