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CVE-2026-95739

Unauthenticated Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in the API of HPE Networking Fabric Composer

Products / packages Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Fabric Composer

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Severity and exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.

KEV checked 14/11/2026, 22:45:30 UTC
hpe · CVSS:3.1 · 8.1
Assessment vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity

high8.1

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Known exploitation

Not listed in the checked CISA KEV catalog

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Public exploit

Not established by this record

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Remediation

Fix status not established

No structured fix or guidance is available here. Check the latest publisher advisory.

What this means

HPE Networking Fabric Composer versions 7.0.0 to 7.4.0 have an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability, potentially allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to conduct brute-force attacks if certain preconditions are met. Successful exploitation could grant administrative access. Attacker access is required.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Attack conditions

No attack-condition excerpt has been identified here. Review the full source description and references for authentication, network access, and configuration requirements.

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Affected versions

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) · hpe

Fabric Composer

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affected

7.4.0 → through 7.4.0

semver versions

7.0.0 → through 7.3.4

semver versions

unaffected

unknown

Other versions: affected

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What to do

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Public exploit evidence

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Original source description

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An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability in the API of HPE Networking Fabric Composer could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to conduct brute-force attacks against user accounts if certain preconditions outside of the attacker's control are met. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain administrative access to the affected system.

References

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Evidence available

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Original records

CVE-2026-95739

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-307 ↗

CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CISA-ADP

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Contributing organizations · 2
hpe

Assigning organization

2026-11-03
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-11-09

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  1. CVE · CVE-2026-95739

    Observed 2026-11-09T12:45:43.606Z · upstream updated 2026-11-09T12:38:48.666Z

    Weakness classification changed

    before

    []

    after

    [
  {
    "id": "CWE-307",
    "description": "CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts",
    "source": "CISA-ADP"
  }
]
    Prioritization updated

    before

    []

    after

    [
  {
    "source": "CISA-ADP",
    "type": "SSVC",
    "role": "CISA Coordinator",
    "timestamp": "2026-11-09T12:38:24.223966Z",
    "decisions": [
      {
        "name": "Exploitation",
        "value": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "Automatable",
        "value": "no"
      },
      {
        "name": "Technical Impact",
        "value": "total"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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