CVE-2026-79844 (GCVE-0-2026-79844)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-22 19:04
Modified
2026-10-23 19:12
Severity ?
10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the affected interface of AOS-10 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to run arbitrary commands on the underlying host if certain preconditions outside of the attacker's control are met. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS) Version: 10.8.0.0   ≤ 10.8.1.1
Version: 10.7.0.0   ≤ 10.7.2.6
Version: 10.4.0.0   ≤ 10.4.1.13
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