CVE-2026-5270
CRITICALAuthentication Bypass in Navigator and Blue Planet Products
Title source: cnaDescription
An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in certain releases of Ciena Navigator Network Control Suite (NCS), Manage Control Plan (MCP), and Blue Planet products. The issue is caused by improper handling of HTTP request paths and headers, which allows an unauthenticated attacker to manipulate requests in a manner that bypasses authentication and associated audit logging controls.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0045
EPSS Percentile
37.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (18)
Blue Planet/Inventory
<=23.04.701
Blue Planet/Inventory
<=23.08.302
Blue Planet/Inventory
<=23.12.401
Blue Planet/Inventory
<=24.04.001
Blue Planet/Orchestration
<=23.04.2
Blue Planet/Orchestration
<=23.08.4
Blue Planet/Orchestration
<=23.12.3
Blue Planet/Orchestration
<=24.04.2
Blue Planet/Route Optimization & Analysis
<=23.04.P01-9-R
Blue Planet/Route Optimization & Analysis
<=23.08.1.6-R
... and 8 more
Published
Jul 14, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 15, 2026