CVE-2026-79874 (GCVE-0-2026-79874)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-22 19:05
Modified
2026-10-23 19:13
Severity ?
9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
An authentication bypass in the API of AOS-10 allows 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.
References
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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