CVE-2026-79856 (GCVE-0-2026-79856)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-22 19:05
Modified
2026-10-24 03:55
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 that could allow an unauthenticated remote 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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS) Version: 8.13.0.0   ≤ 8.13.3.0
Version: 8.10.0.0   ≤ 8.10.0.23
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