CVE-2026-76724: Unauthenticated Adjacent Command Injection Vulnerability in HPE Networking Instant ON APs Command Line Interface (CLI) Accessed by the PAPI Protocol

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-09-29 · updated 2026-10-01
Weakness: CWE-77

Description

A command injection vulnerability exists in CLI of the affected HPE Networking Instant ON APs that could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to perform command injection by sending specially crafted packets. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Instant ON: from 0.0.0.0 through 3.4.1.0

References

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05150en_us&docLocale=en_US

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