{"id":"CVE-2026-76708","title":"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","summary":"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 attacke…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)","product":"ALE","affected":["ALE >= 0.0.0.0 <= 5.0.0.0"],"published":"2026-09-22","updated":"2026-09-22","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-22T20:17:06.620","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76708","references":[{"url":"https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05137en_us&docLocale=en_US","label":"security-alert@hpe.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-22T20:10:15.110Z","slug":"CVE-2026-76708","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\nSuccessful 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}