Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability leads to Authentication Bypass in AOS-8 (Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS))

CVE-2026-79856
CRITICAL 9.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.61 % · percentile 49 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
hpe
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

Description

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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hhpe
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · security-alert@hpe.com (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) · ArubaOS (AOS)affected 8.13.0.0 ≤ 8.13.3.0 ; affected 8.10.0.0 ≤ 8.10.0.23

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD