Authentication Bypasses in API allow Continued Authenticated Access in HPE Networking Fabric Composer
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.29% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Authentication bypasses in the API of HPE Networking Fabric Composer could allow an authenticated low privilege operator user to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to retain limited access to the affected system after that access should have been revoked.
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 3, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 20th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-287
Report tools
Action score
21
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 21 / 40 · 5.4 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · hpe
- 5.4
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- No public exploit code on record
- No fixed version yet
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| arubanetworks | fabric composer | cpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:fabric_composer |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- arubanetworks fabric composerup to 7.3.3 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (hpe). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Fabric Composer
- 7.0.0 and later · up to and including 7.3.3affected · semver
Same product
arubanetworks: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-76658Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in HPE Networking Fabric Composer SSH Daemon40Plan
- CVE-2026-76657Authentication Bypass in HPE Networking Fabric Composer API allows Administrative Access40Plan
- CVE-2026-19766Authentication Bypass leads to Administrative control of adjacent network hosts in HPE Networking Fabric Composer38Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-73731Sep 1, 2026 · Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in HPE Networking Fabric Composer Web-Based Management Interface24Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-73732Sep 1, 2026 · Local Authenticated Sensitive Information Disclosure in HPE Networking Fabric Composer22Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-73734Sep 1, 2026 · Unauthenticated Open Redirect allows URL Manipulation in HPE Networking Fabric Composer Web Interface21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- internal security researchHPE Networking.reporter
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-766570 days apartAuthentication Bypass in HPE Networking Fabric Composer API allows Administrative Access40Plan
- CVE-2026-766580 days apartUnauthenticated Remote Code Execution in HPE Networking Fabric Composer SSH Daemon40Plan
- CVE-2026-197660 days apartAuthentication Bypass leads to Administrative control of adjacent network hosts in HPE Networking Fabric Composer38Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
- CVE-2026-737050 days apartAuthenticated Arbitrary File Write leads to Remote Code Execution in HPE Networking Fabric Composer35Monitor
- CVE-2026-737190 days apartAuthenticated Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability leads to Remote Code Execution in HPE Networking Fabric Composer28Monitor
- CVE-2026-737210 days apartAuthenticated SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in HPE Networking Fabric Composer28Monitor
- CVE-2026-737220 days apartAuthenticated Command Injection Vulnerabilities in HPE Networking Fabric Composer Web-Based Management Interface28Monitor
Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-26-0966 · Sep 2, 2026(HPE Networking Fabric Composer Güvenlik Bildirimi)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-287 · Improper AuthenticationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvd-secondary
Root cause
Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-287 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middleware
app.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);Fixed
const admin = express.Router();
admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);
app.use("/admin", admin);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Authentication AbuseCAPEC-114Medium
- Authentication BypassCAPEC-115Medium
- Identity SpoofingCAPEC-151likelihood: Medium · Medium
- Fake the Source of DataCAPEC-194Medium
- Exploiting Trust in ClientCAPEC-22likelihood: High · High
- Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive DataCAPEC-57likelihood: Medium · Very High
- Session HijackingCAPEC-593likelihood: High · Very High
- Token ImpersonationCAPEC-633Medium
ATT&CK techniques
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.