Vulnerability · Published Sep 29, 2026 · Assigned by hpe
CVE-2026-76732Authenticated Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in a Daemon of HPE Networking Instant ON
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in Instant ON from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 99.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A local privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in the affected daemon of HPE Networking Instant ON. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privileges if certain preconditions are met outside of the attacker's control.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) | Instant ON | 0.0.0.0 – through 3.4.1.0 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H