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CVE-2026-79873

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS) — Unauthenticated Adjacent Authentication Bypasses in the PAPI Protocol of AOS-10 Leads to Unauthorized Administrative Access

EPSS 0.2%CVSS 9.3
critical.is priorityof 100
31
CVSS 9.3 (CNA)9.3 / 10 × 3027.9Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 15.6.156 × 203.1No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: unknown+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the PAPI protocol of AOS-10 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain administrative access, modify system configurations, and access or manipulate sensitive data on affected devices.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
ArubaOS (AOS)10.8.0.0 – 10.8.1.1–CNA
ArubaOS (AOS)10.7.0.0 – 10.7.2.6–CNA
ArubaOS (AOS)10.4.0.0 – 10.4.1.13–CNA

Scores by source

hpe (CNA)9.3CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

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