Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-79860
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS
Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities lead to Remote Code Execution in AOS-8
CVSS 3.1
9.8Critical
Official description
Buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in an underlying service of AOS-8 that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets destined to the PAPI (Aruba's access point management protocol) UDP port 8211. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- 2026-10-30
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- hpe
- Kolun priority
- 28 · Low
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
54.9%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')