Head-to-head
Cisco vs HPE/Aruba
Cisco carries 6.9× 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,850 | Total CVEs | 412 | ||
| 93 | Critical | 65 | ||
| 1,229 | High | 212 | ||
| 1,502 | Medium | 132 | ||
| 26 | Low | 3 | ||
| 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
3.3% critical- Critical
- 933.3%
- High
- 1,22943.1%
- Medium
- 1,50252.7%
- Low
- 260.9%
HPE/Aruba
15.8% critical- Critical
- 6515.8%
- High
- 21251.5%
- Medium
- 13232.0%
- Low
- 30.7%
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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 |