Unauthenticated service interruption via undisclosed requests
Published Sep 11, 2026 · Updated Sep 11, 2026
Denial of service in HPE IceWall Federation Agent and Proxy 4.0 allows remote attackers to interrupt authentication services. HPE has not disclosed the request, parser, or processing error that triggers the service interruption. No authentication is required, and the published impact is limited to availability; public material does not distinguish a crash from a hang.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in HPE IceWall Federation Agent and Proxy 4.0 allows remote attackers to interrupt authentication services. HPE has not disclosed the request, parser, or processing error that triggers the service interruption. No authentication is required, and the published impact is limited to availability; public material does not distinguish a crash from a hang.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-73785
- Published
- Sep 11, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
- Product
- HPE IceWall
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.0
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