CVE-2026-95724: Unauthenticated Improper Certificate Validation leads to Authentication Bypass in HPE Networking Virtual Intranet Access (VIA)
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)
- 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: 0.27% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
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
An improper certificate validation vulnerability exists in HPE Networking Virtual Intranet Access (VIA). Successful exploitation could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass authentication mechanisms, leading to the possible disclosure of sensitive information.
- Published
- Nov 3, 2026
- Updated
- Nov 6, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 20th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-295
Report tools
Action score
32
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · hpe
- 8.1
- 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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What does it mean in your environment?
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Check your site's encryption
This vulnerability is about certificate validation or weak cryptography. The free SSL checker tests your certificate, enabled TLS versions and weak ciphers.
Run the SSL checkVersions 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) Virtual Intranet Access (VIA)
- 0.0.0 and later · up to and including 4.7.8affected · semver
Same product
Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-95722Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) Client35Monitor
- CVE-2026-95723Authenticated Local Missing Integrity Verification Vulnerability leads to Local Privilege Escalation in Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) Client33Monitor
- CVE-2026-95725Authenticated Local Command Injection Vulnerability in the VIA Client for Linux31Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-25041Apr 1, 2025 · Arbitrary File Overwrite in HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) Microsoft Windows Client22Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-37186Jan 13, 2026 · Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) Client for Linux31Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-95726Nov 3, 2026 · Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Leading to Denial-of-Service in HPE Networking VIA30Monitor
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.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
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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-2026-957220 days apartLocal Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) Client35Monitor
- CVE-2026-957230 days apartAuthenticated Local Missing Integrity Verification Vulnerability leads to Local Privilege Escalation in Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) Client33Monitor
- CVE-2026-957270 days apartAuthenticated Command Injection Vulnerability in HPE Networking VIA28Monitor
- CVE-2026-957280 days apartLocal Privilege Escalation in Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) Client for Linux28Monitor
Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-295 · Improper Certificate ValidationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
nvd-secondary
Root cause
A certificate validation error is silently swallowed instead of terminating the connection. Often, code added for a test environment makes its way into production.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-295 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
override fun checkServerTrusted(chain: Array<X509Certificate>, type: String) {
// Left empty for the test environment
}Fixed
val client = OkHttpClient.Builder()
.certificatePinner(
CertificatePinner.Builder()
.add("api.sirius.example", "sha256/…")
.build()
).build()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)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- SSVC exploitation— → none
- Exploit maturity— → none
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.