Affects HPE Instant On networking APs; unauthenticated bypass → RCE on widely deployed enterprise networking gear, high-impact across organizations.
CVE-2026-76725
Unauthenticated adjacent bypass in HPE Instant On APs enabling RCE and device takeover.
Is CVE-2026-76725 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-76725 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.32% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-76725?
CVE-2026-76725 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.6. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-76725?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-76725, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-76725 affect?
CVE-2026-76725 affects HPE Instant On Access Points (management protocol). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-76725?
Isolate affected APs, restrict management plane to trusted networks, apply vendor patch when released, monitor logs
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated adjacent attacker can bypass auth and achieve remote code execution, enabling device takeover, firmware tampering, and lateral pivoting.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 0.0.0.0 and <= 3.4.1.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.