Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-76678 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-76678 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-76678?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 15 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- HPE EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateway.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-76678?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-76678 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-76678?
- Check whether you run Hpe EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateway. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is a privilege escalation flaw in the API endpoint of HPE EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateways. It requires an authenticated low-privilege user with network access to the API to exploit. By sending a crafted API request, an attacker can escalate their privileges to root, achieving arbitrary command execution on the underlying operating system. The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2026-76678 with a CVSS score of 8.8 (high severity). Patch availability and detailed remediation steps are available from HPE support documentation.
Affected products
- HPE EdgeConnect SD-WAN Gateway
Timeline
- 2026-09-15: disclosed