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CVE-2026-79857

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS) — Unauthenticated Command Injection Vulnerability in AOS-8 PAPI Protocol

EPSS 1%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
44
CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 72.7.727 × 2014.5No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

There is a command injection vulnerability in the PAPI protocol (Aruba's access point management protocol) of AOS-8 that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets to the affected UDP port. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
ArubaOS (AOS)8.13.0.0 – 8.13.3.0–CNA
ArubaOS (AOS)8.10.0.0 – 8.10.0.23–CNA

Scores by source

hpe (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refsupport.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US