Head-to-head
Cisco vs HPE/Aruba
Cisco carries 7.0× 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.
01
Disclosure record
Bars are normalized per row to the larger value; the leading count is emphasized.
| Cisco | Metric | HPE/Aruba | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,896 | Total CVEs | 413 | ||
| 100 | Critical | 66 | ||
| 1,247 | High | 212 | ||
| 1,523 | Medium | 132 | ||
| 26 | Low | 3 | ||
| 2,331 | Open in latest | 163 | ||
| 10 | Product families | 6 |
02
Risk profile
Each severity band as a share of the vendor's own total — strips out raw volume so the profiles compare directly.
Cisco
3.5% critical- Critical
- 1003.5%
- High
- 1,24743.1%
- Medium
- 1,52352.6%
- Low
- 260.9%
HPE/Aruba
16.0% critical- Critical
- 6616.0%
- High
- 21251.3%
- Medium
- 13232.0%
- Low
- 30.7%
03
Recent activity
Latest in-window disclosures per vendor, newest first. Each ID links to its NVD record.
Cisco
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-76504(opens NVD record) | Critical | 9.8 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-76460(opens NVD record) | Critical | 10.0 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-76451(opens NVD record) | Medium | 4.9 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-76450(opens NVD record) | Medium | 4.9 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-76449(opens NVD record) | Medium | 4.9 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-76448(opens NVD record) | Medium | 4.9 | Sep 16, 2026 |
HPE/Aruba
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| CVE-2026-44872(opens NVD record) | High | 7.2 | May 12, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-44870(opens NVD record) | High | 7.2 | May 12, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-44869(opens NVD record) | High | 7.2 | May 12, 2026 |