CVE-2026-76658: Vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Fabric Composer
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in the SSH daemon of HPE Networking Fabric Composer that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain administrative access to vulnerable AFC hosts. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as a privileged user on the underlying operating system leading to complete system compromise.
CVSS v3.1
Score 10.0critical
Affected software
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Fabric Composer
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-76658 is a critical security vulnerability in the SSH daemon component of HPE Networking Fabric Composer version 7.0.0. The vulnerability enables an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass authentication controls (CWE-287) and obtain administrative access. Exploitation allows arbitrary command execution with elevated privileges on the underlying operating system, resulting in complete compromise of the affected host.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation leads to full system compromise with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability loss. The attacker can execute arbitrary commands as a privileged user without any authentication, posing a severe risk to affected systems.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or temporary mitigation has been published by HPE as of the information provided. Users should monitor HPE advisories closely and apply any forthcoming patches immediately upon release.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- hpe
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-19T16:10:37.083Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a972d26acd9273b49215752
Added to database: 09/01/2026, 19:53:10 UTC
Last enriched: 09/07/2026, 14:18:27 UTC
Last updated: 10/15/2026, 06:48:18 UTC
Views: 110
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