CVE-2026-73725

HIGHPre-NVD 7.07.0—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.0 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-01. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.0Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A local privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in HPE Networking Fabric Composer. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privileges, leading to a complete compromise of the affected host.

CVSS v3
7.0
EG Score
7.0(high)
EG Risk
32(Track)
EG Risk 32/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity70% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 1, 2026

Last Modified

September 2, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 1, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic
https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05133en_us&docLocale=en_US

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-73725(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 77× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-24 23:19 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-24 23:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-24 11:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-23 23:25 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-23 23:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-23 11:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-22 23:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-22 11:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-21 23:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-21 11:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-20 23:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-20 11:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-19 23:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-19 11:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-18 23:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-18 11:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-17 23:57 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-17 23:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-17 11:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-16 23:12 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-16 23:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-16 11:19 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-16 11:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-15 23:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-15 11:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-14 23:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-14 11:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-13 23:13 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-13 23:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-13 11:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-12 23:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-12 11:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-11 23:39 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-11 23:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-11 11:46 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-11 11:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-10 23:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-10 11:31 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-10 11:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-09 23:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-09 11:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-08 23:21 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-08 23:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-08 03:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-07 15:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-07 03:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-06 15:52 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-09-06 15:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-09-06 03:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-05 16:05 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-09-05 16:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-05 04:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-04 16:18 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-09-04 16:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-09-04 04:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-03 16:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-03 04:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-02 16:38 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-09-02 16:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-09-02 15:33 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-09-02 15:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-09-02 09:13 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-09-02 09:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-01 21:19 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-09-01 20:34 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-09-01 20:19 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-09-01 19:49 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-09-01 19:48 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-73725?
CVE-2026-73725 is a high vulnerability published on September 1, 2026. A local privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in HPE Networking Fabric Composer. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privileges, leading to a complete compromise of the affected host.
When was CVE-2026-73725 disclosed?
CVE-2026-73725 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 1, 2026, with the most recent update on September 2, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-73725 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-73725 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-73725?
CVE-2026-73725 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-73725?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-73725, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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