Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-79855

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS

Authentication Bypass in the SSH Daemon of AOS-8 leads to Complete System Compromise

CVSS 3.1
9.8Critical

Official description

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the SSH daemon of AOS-8 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to gain administrative privileges leading to complete compromise of the AOS-8 host.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
9.8Critical 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (hpe) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS) 8.10.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.10.0.23 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS) 8.13.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.13.3.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-10-22
Last updated
2026-10-24
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
hpe

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.75%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
55.2%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
Yes
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-288
    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel