---
id: CVE-2026-76677
title: >-
  A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the API of EdgeConnect SD-WAN
  Gateways
summary: >-
  A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the API of EdgeConnect SD-WAN
  Gateways. Successful exploitation could allow a remote low-privileged
  authenticated user to achieve administrative privilege on the web-management
  interface lea…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-269
vendor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
product: EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways
affected:
  - edgeconnect_sd-wan_gateways >= 9.7.0.0 <= 9.7.0.0
  - edgeconnect_sd-wan_gateways >= 9.6.0.0 <= 9.6.3.1
  - edgeconnect_sd-wan_gateways >= 9.5.0.0 <= 9.5.8.1
  - edgeconnect_sd-wan_gateways >= 9.4.0.0 <= 9.4.8.2
published: '2026-09-15'
updated: '2026-09-21'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-21T20:17:30.080'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76677'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05135en_us&docLocale=en_US
    label: security-alert@hpe.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-21T19:52:51.220181Z'
epss: 0.00541
epssPercentile: 0.43048
ingestedAt: '2026-09-15T19:42:58.829Z'
---

## Overview

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the API of EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways. Successful exploitation could allow a remote low-privileged authenticated user to achieve administrative privilege on the web-management interface leading to complete system compromise.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.