---
title: "CVE-2026-69802: Network Device Enrollment Service - Authentication Bypass"
description: "Network Device Enrollment Service contains a broken authentication vulnerability caused by weak authentication mechanisms, letting unauthorized attackers execute code over the network, exploit requires no special privileges."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-69802/
---

# CVE-2026-69802 Network Device Enrollment Service - Authentication Bypass

Network Device Enrollment Service contains a broken authentication vulnerability caused by weak authentication mechanisms, letting unauthorized attackers execute code over the network, exploit requires no special privileges.

CVSS base score 8.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.52% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-69802)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

13 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-1390](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1390.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with improved authentication mechanisms.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-69802](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-69802)
- [https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69802](https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69802)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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