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CVE-2026-79875

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS) — Authentication Bypass in the PAPI Protocol of AOS-8 Allows 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 13.8.138 × 202.8No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: unknown+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

A vulnerability has been identified in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 that could potentially 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.

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)9.3CVSS: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