# CVE-2026-73718: Cross-site request forgery in Fabric Composer

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit CSRF in HPE Fabric Composer to expose sensitive data via crafted URLs, potentially leading to further network access.

- **Severity:** High 7.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fgg4-6rcg-7f3g

## What is CVE-2026-73718?

CVE-2026-73718 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Fabric Composer, published on 1 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of HPE Networking Fabric Composer could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to access sensitive information if the attacker can convince an authenticated user of the interface to interact with a specially crafted URL. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to retrieve information which could be used to potentially gain further access to network services supported by HPE Networking Fabric Composer.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-73718?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Arubanetworks Fabric Composer.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-73718?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-73718 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-73718 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-73718 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Arubanetworks Fabric Composer

- [CVE-2026-76657](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76657/): Authentication Bypass in HPE Networking Fabric Composer API allows Administrative Access (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-76658](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76658/): Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in HPE Networking Fabric Composer SSH Daemon (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-19766](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19766/): Authentication Bypass leads to Administrative control of adjacent network hosts in HPE Networking Fabric Composer (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2026-73700](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73700/): Cross-site scripting in Fabric Composer (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-73701](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73701/): Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in HPE Networking Fabric Composer (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-73718 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-73718 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Fabric Composer, published on 1 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-73718 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Arubanetworks Fabric Composer. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73718/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73718/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73718
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73718
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-73718

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73718/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.