CVE-2026-79888 (GCVE-0-2026-79888)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-22 19:06
Modified
2026-10-24 03:55
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A vulnerability in a certain web interface endpoint of AOS-8 devices could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger a buffer overflow. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system, leading to complete system compromise.
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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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