CVE-2026-76669
Authorization Bypass Leading to Privilege Escalation in EdgeConnect SD-WAN Orchestrator
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 40th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
Steps
Written by AI from the record- Confirm whether your business runs EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways and identify who has basic user accounts.
- Restrict remote access to the device’s management interface to trusted administrators and networks until a fix is available.
- No fixed version has been published; ask HPE Networking for the supported fixed release and upgrade as soon as it is available.
- Review basic-user accounts, remove unused accounts, and investigate unexpected administrator-level changes.
What it is
From the CVE record
Privilege escalation vulnerabilities exist in the API of HPE Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN Orchestrator. Successful exploitation could allow a remote low-privileged authenticated user to escalate their privileges to those of an administrative user, leading to complete system compromise.
In plain language
Written by AI from the recordThis lets a basic EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways user take full control of the device, so businesses that run it should act now.
Authorization bypass in the EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways network API allows a remotely authenticated low-privileged user to escalate to administrator privileges and fully compromise the system.
If you're affected
- Full device takeover
- Network setting changes
- Data access
- Service disruption
- Administrator account abuse
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 40th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
10 events over 10 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Record updated
- OpenVAS check added
- Record updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped, record updated, record updated
Affected products
Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Scored 9.9 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope ChangedThe exploit can affect other components (e.g. sandbox escape, host compromise from VM)
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
- Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
- Privilege EscalationT1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationhigh confidence
Sources
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