Head-to-head
Cisco vs HPE/Aruba
Cisco carries 3.8× the disclosed CVE volume of HPE/Aruba. Volume reflects disclosure practice and install base as much as code quality — read it with the severity mix. Sourced from the NIST NVD; lower counts indicate a smaller disclosed vulnerability surface — not necessarily lower risk.
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Disclosure record
Bars are normalized per row to the larger value; the leading count is emphasized.
| Cisco | Metric | HPE/Aruba | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 293 | Total CVEs | 77 | ||
| 23 | Critical | 0 | ||
| 81 | High | 45 | ||
| 188 | Medium | 32 | ||
| 1 | Low | 0 | ||
| 2,285 | Open in latest | 121 | ||
| 10 | Product families | 6 |
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Risk profile
Each severity band as a share of the vendor's own total — strips out raw volume so the profiles compare directly.
Cisco
7.8% critical- Critical
- 237.8%
- High
- 8127.6%
- Medium
- 18864.2%
- Low
- 10.3%
HPE/Aruba
0.0% critical- Critical
- 00.0%
- High
- 4558.4%
- Medium
- 3241.6%
- Low
- 00.0%
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Recent activity
Latest in-window disclosures per vendor, newest first. Each ID links to its NVD record.
Cisco
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-20349(opens NVD record) | High | 8.6 | Aug 11, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-20273(opens NVD record) | High | 8.6 | Aug 5, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-20272(opens NVD record) | Critical | 9.8 | Aug 5, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-20271(opens NVD record) | High | 8.6 | Aug 5, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-20270(opens NVD record) | High | 8.6 | Aug 5, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-20269(opens NVD record) | High | 8.6 | Aug 5, 2026 |
HPE/Aruba
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-63454(opens NVD record) | High | 7.2 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-63453(opens NVD record) | High | 7.2 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-44880(opens NVD record) | High | 8.8 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-44871(opens NVD record) | High | 7.2 | May 12, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-44874(opens NVD record) | Medium | 4.9 | May 12, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-44873(opens NVD record) | Medium | 5.4 | May 12, 2026 |