CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2026-95731 hewlett packard enterprise (hpe) fabric composer: Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Critical (9.8) in hewlett packard enterprise (hpe) fabric composer. EPSS 0.5% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
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Hardcoded password vulnerabilities in the command-line interface of HPE Networking Fabric Composer could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to access the affected system using hardcoded credentials. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized administrative access to the affected system with elevated privileges.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.5% (unchanged from 0.5% a week ago) estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 42nd percentile. Scored 2026-11-13. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
- CISA's assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total, assessed 2026-11-09. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
- CWE
- CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
- OWASP Top 10
- A07:2025 Authentication Failures
- Published
- Modified
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting analysis
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Affected
- hewlett packard enterprise (hpe):fabric composer
Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Fabric Composer | from 7.4.0 through 7.4.0 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Fabric Composer | from 7.0.0 through 7.3.4 |
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- CAPEC-70 Try Common or Default Usernames and Passwords Likelihood: Medium · Severity: High
- CAPEC-191 Read Sensitive Constants Within an Executable Severity: Low
The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits.