Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-79878
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS
Unauthenticated Adjacent Command Injection Vulnerability in the AOS-8 Command Line Interface Accessed by the PAPI Protocol
CVSS 3.1
8.8High
Official description
A command injection vulnerability in the AOS-8 command line interface accessed by the PAPI protocol could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by an adjacent attacker sending specially crafted PAPI packets destined to the PAPI 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (hpe) | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/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
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.96%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
61.8%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')