HPE Fabric Composer up to 7.3.4/7.4.0 excessive authentication

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in HPE Fabric Composer up to 7.3.4/7.4.0. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to excessive authentication. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-95739. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in HPE Fabric Composer up to 7.3.4/7.4.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a excessive authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-307. The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability in the API of HPE Networking Fabric Composer could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to conduct brute-force attacks against user accounts if certain preconditions outside of the attacker's control are met. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain administrative access to the affected system.

The advisory is shared for download at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-95739 since 09/22/2026. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 11/03/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• HPE

Name

• Fabric Composer

Version

• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.3.0
• 7.3.1
• 7.3.2
• 7.3.3
• 7.3.4
• 7.4.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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