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Critical 9.3Published Oct 22, 2026

CVE-2026-79875Authentication Bypass in the PAPI Protocol of AOS-8 Allows Unauthorized Administrative Access

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It affects Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS). Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, higher than 14% of scored CVEs.

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.

CVSS
9.3 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
Not given
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
0.23% (percentile 14)
Assigned by
hpe
NVD analysis
Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated
Oct 23, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 22, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS)
hewlett_packard_enterprise_hpe:arubaos_aos (from the name)
from 8.13.0.0 through 8.13.3.0; from 8.10.0.0 through 8.10.0.23
CNA record

References

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