Vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ALE

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Critical severity: CVSS 9.8

[ Description ]Official description

A vulnerability exists in the Analytics and Location Engine (ALE) where the application and underlying operating system use default, hard-coded credentials for several administrative and system accounts. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to log in using these known default credentials. Successful exploitation could result in an attacker gaining unauthorized access to the application's management interface and the underlying operating system, potentially leading to full system compromise.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

• Security bulletin: HPE Aruba Networking HPESBNW05137Vendor patch or bulletin · CERT-FR · csaf.arubanetworking.hpe.com/2026/hpe_networking_-_hpesbnw05137.txt, cited by CERT-FR CERTFR-2026-AVI-1217

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• CERT-FR23 Sep 2026CERTFR-2026-AVI-1217

  Multiple vulnerabilities in HPE Aruba Networking products Translated from French

  Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in HPE Aruba Networking products. Some of them allow an attacker to cause remote arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation and remote denial of service.

  CVE-2026-76717CVE-2026-76716CVE-2026-76711+7 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay