Authentication bypass in HPE Networking Fabric Composer API endpoint
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
HPE Networking Fabric Composer versions 7.0.0 through 7.3.4 and 7.4.0 are affected. An authentication bypass in an API endpoint lets attackers circumvent existing authentication controls. An unauthenticated adjacent attacker can exploit this when certain preconditions outside their control are met, gaining unauthorized access to the affected system.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
An authentication bypass vulnerability in the API endpoint of HPE Networking Fabric Composer could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls if certain preconditions outside of the attacker's control are met. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) | Fabric Composer | 7.4.0 – 7.4.0; 7.0.0 – 7.3.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Fabric Composer VendorHewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Affected 7.4.0 – 7.4.0; 7.0.0 – 7.3.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:fabric_composer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Arubanetworks |
- cpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:fabric_composer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Arubanetworks
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Fabric Composer.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-95746
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-3w7f-4x3p-62q2
- 2026-11-05 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-95746 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-95746 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3w7f-4x3p-62q2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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