CVE-2026-76732 Authenticated Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in a Daemon of HPE Networking Instant ON
A local attacker can exploit a daemon vulnerability in HPE Networking Instant ON to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-76732?
CVE-2026-76732 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Instant ON, published on 29 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-76732?
How do I fix CVE-2026-76732?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-76732 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-76732 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-76732 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hgc7-6xmx-3grw.