CVE-2026-76729
Authenticated Format String Vulnerability allows Memory Corruption in HPE Networking Instant ON API Endpoint
A format string vulnerability in the API endpoint of HPE Networking Instant ON APs could allow an authenticated remote attacker with high privileges to cause memory corruption with a modified input. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to provoke a denial-of-service condition or remote code execution in the affected system function.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Authenticated Format String Vulnerability allows Memory Corruption in HPE Networking Instant ON API Endpoint
A format string vulnerability in the API endpoint of HPE Networking Instant ON APs could allow an authenticated remote attacker with high privileges to cause memory corruption with a modified input. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to provoke a denial-of-service condition or remote code execution in the affected system function.
- Record
CVE-2026-76729- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-134
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-89348
A format string vulnerability in the API endpoint of HPE Networking Instant ON APs could allow an authenticated remote attacker with high privileges to cause memory corruption with a modified input. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to provoke a denial-of-service condition or remote code execution in the affected system function.
- Record
EUVD-2026-89348- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wrm5-7wg3-q6g8
A format string vulnerability in the API endpoint of HPE Networking Instant ON APs could allow an...
A format string vulnerability in the API endpoint of HPE Networking Instant ON APs could allow an authenticated remote attacker with high privileges to cause memory corruption with a modified input. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to provoke a denial-of-service condition or remote code execution in the affected system function.
- Record
GHSA-wrm5-7wg3-q6g8- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-134
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A format string vulnerability in the API endpoint of HPE Networking Instant ON APs could allow an authenticated remote attacker with high privileges to cause memory corruption with a modified input. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to provoke a denial-of-service condition or remote code execution in the affected system function.
- Record
CVE-2026-76729- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-134
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-76729 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.6) in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe) Instant On, published September 29, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.