---
id: CVE-2026-76715
title: >-
  A vulnerability in an administrative component of Analytics and Location
  Engine (ALE) is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack
summary: >-
  A vulnerability in an administrative component of Analytics and Location
  Engine (ALE) is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack. Successful
  exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated remote
  attacker to exe…
severity: high
cvss: 7.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-300
vendor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
product: ALE
affected:
  - ALE >= 0.0.0.0 <= 5.0.0.0
published: '2026-09-22'
updated: '2026-09-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-23T18:17:07.270'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76715'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05137en_us&docLocale=en_US
    label: security-alert@hpe.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00259
epssPercentile: 0.15729
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-22T19:37:11.755919Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-22T20:10:15.099Z'
---

## Overview

A vulnerability in an administrative component of Analytics and Location Engine (ALE) is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the affected appliance.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.