What is CVE-2026-76696?

CVE-2026-76696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Edgeconnect Sd-Wan Gateways, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2026-76696?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Edgeconnect Sd-Wan Gateways

CVE-2026-76696

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.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Hpe) Edgeconnect Sd-wan Gateways

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

security-alert@hpe.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-76696?: CVE-2026-76696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Edgeconnect Sd-Wan Gateways, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2026-76696?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.