# CVE-2026-73740: Local Privilege Escalation in HPE Networking Fabric Composer

> An authenticated privileged user on the host can elevate privileges to a higher role, allowing modification of system settings.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 1 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vgfp-9cvm-xmx2

## What is CVE-2026-73740?

CVE-2026-73740 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Fabric Composer, published on 1 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in HPE Networking Fabric Composer could allow an authenticated privileged user on the underlying host to elevate their user privileges to those of a higher role. A successful exploit allows the attacker to change the state of certain settings of the affected system.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-73740?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Arubanetworks Fabric Composer.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-73740?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-73740 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-73740 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-73740 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-2026-73740 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-73740 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Fabric Composer, published on 1 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-73740 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-2026-73740/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73740/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73740
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73740
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-73740

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73740/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.