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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-11996

Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified with HPE Nimble Storage systems in multi array group configurations.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.46%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified with HPE Nimble Storage systems in multi array group configurations. The vulnerabilities could be exploited by an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the array. The following NimbleOS versions, and all subsequent releases, contain a software fix for this vulnerability: 3.9.2.0, 4.5.5.0, 5.0.8.0 and 5.1.3.0.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.46% probability · 73th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
hpe/nimbleos
Source
security-alert@hpe.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 1.46%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 1.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.