EUVD-2026-69476
GHSA-p9f5-2p99-3r74
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Unauthenticated network-facing SSH daemon yields low-complexity privileged RCE (PR:N/AC:L); compromise pivots from the SSH service to the underlying OS, justifying S:C and full C/I/A:H.
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CVSS VectorVendor: hpe
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3DescriptionCVE.org
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.
AnalysisAI
Remote code execution in HPE Networking (Aruba) Fabric Composer allows an unauthenticated attacker to reach the appliance's SSH daemon over the network and gain administrative access to vulnerable AFC hosts. Once in, the attacker can execute arbitrary commands as a privileged OS user, resulting in complete system compromise. …
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Vulnerability AssessmentAI
| Exploitation | Exploitation requires network reachability to the SSH daemon of an HPE Networking Fabric Composer (AFC) host; per CVSS PR:N/UI:N no authentication and no user interaction are needed against affected versions. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | This is a genuine top-priority issue rather than an inflated high-CVSS score: the vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H describes network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated exploitation with no user interaction and full confidentiality/integrity/availability impact plus scope change - the textbook 10.0 profile, and it is internally consistent with the description of unauthenticated remote admin access via SSH. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in. |
| Remediation | Apply the fixed release identified in HPE Security Bulletin hpesbnw05133en_us (https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05133en_us&docLocale=en_US); the input does not include an exact fixed version number, so treat this as patch available per vendor advisory and pull the precise target build from that bulletin before upgrading. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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