CVE-2026-76696: Unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerability leads to Service Disruption in HPE Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-09-15 · updated 2026-09-28
Weakness: CWE-400

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.

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) EdgeConnect SD-WAN Orchestrator: from 9.4.0 before 9.4.11; from 9.5.0 before 9.5.9; from 9.6.0 before 9.6.4; 9.7.0 — fixed in 9.4.11, 9.5.9, 9.6.4
HPE Edgeconnect Operating System: from 9.4.0.0 before 9.4.9.0; from 9.5.0.0 before 9.5.9.0; from 9.6.0.0 before 9.6.4.0; 9.7.0.0 — fixed in 9.4.9.0, 9.5.9.0, 9.6.4.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) EdgeConnect SD-WAN Orchestrator 9.4.11, 9.5.9, 9.6.4; HPE Edgeconnect Operating System 9.4.9.0, 9.5.9.0, 9.6.4.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05135en_us&docLocale=en_US

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