CVE-2026-11796: Hitachi Energy Asset Suite unauthenticated servlet access

CVE-2026-11796 · Severity: info · Published 2026-09-29

Hitachi Energy's Asset Suite application contains multiple servlets that handle system operations such as cache flushing and resource reloading. An attacker without authentication can access these servlets to trigger denial-of-service conditions, potentially disrupting application availability and performance in production environments.

Vendors: Hitachi Energy.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-11796 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-11796 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-11796?
Informational severity, published 29 September 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Hitachi Energy Asset Suite.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-11796?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-11796 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-11796?
Check whether you run Hitachi Energy Asset Suite. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated access to PropertiesReloadServlet, CacheFlushServlet, MetadataCacheFlushServlet, and ResourceBundleReloadServlet through network-accessible endpoints. Exploitation requires no authentication or user interaction and could result in denial-of-service impact depending on the application configuration. The issue stems from insufficient access controls on administrative servlets.

Affected products

  • Hitachi Energy Asset Suite

Timeline

  • 2026-09-29: disclosed

References

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