# CVE-2026-76696: Denial of service in EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways

> Unauthenticated adjacent attackers can crash HPE EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways, causing service disruption requiring manual intervention.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 15 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-52wg-pq5c-f82w

## What is CVE-2026-76696?

CVE-2026-76696 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Arubanetworks Edgeconnect Sd-Wan Orchestrator, published on 15 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in HPE Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to conduct a denial of service attack. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to crash the system, preventing it from rebooting without manual intervention and disrupting network operations.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-76696?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Arubanetworks Edgeconnect Sd-Wan Orchestrator, Hpe Edgeconnect Operating System.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-76696?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-76696 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-76696 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-76696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Arubanetworks Edgeconnect Sd-Wan Orchestrator

- [CVE-2026-76669](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76669/): Authorization Bypass Leading to Privilege Escalation in EdgeConnect SD-WAN Orchestrator (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-76670](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76670/): Authorization Bypass Leading to Privilege Escalation in EdgeConnect SD-WAN Orchestrator (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-76672](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76672/): Authenticated Sensitive Information Disclosure in HPE Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN Orchestrator (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-76673](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76673/): Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities in API of EdgeConnect SD-WAN Orchestrator (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-76674](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76674/): Memory corruption in EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-76696 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-76696 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Arubanetworks Edgeconnect Sd-Wan Orchestrator, published on 15 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-2026-76696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Arubanetworks Edgeconnect Sd-Wan Orchestrator. 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-2026-76696/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76696/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-76696
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76696
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-76696

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76696/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.