HPE patches eight maximum-severity RCE and auth-bypass flaws in ArubaOS
The eight flaws hit AOS-8 and AOS-10 and can be exploited remotely without privileges or user interaction.
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CVE-2026-79844
Authentication bypass in HPE AOS-10 under external preconditions
- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 critical
- EPSS
- —
- Published
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- Modified
AI analysisSummaries by Vani AI
An authentication bypass in an affected AOS-10 interface lets an unauthenticated remote attacker run arbitrary commands on the underlying host if preconditions outside the attacker’s control are met. Successful exploitation yields command execution on the operating system. HPE has not listed affected builds or fixed versions.
What to do: Apply HPE’s update for CVE-2026-79844. No workaround is named.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| HPE AOS-10 | — |
Estimated exposure
No basis for an estimate.
Order-of-magnitude estimate by the model from install counts, market share and public scan data it knows; verify before quoting.
Description · NVD
Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the affected interface of AOS-10 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to run arbitrary commands on the underlying host if certain preconditions outside of the attacker's control are met. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system.
- Weakness
- CWE-288
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
In the news
2 storiesHPE patches Aruba AOS-8 SSH authentication bypass and dozens of other flaws
Bulletin HPESBNW05162 covers 72 AOS-8 and AOS-10 flaws, several scored CVSS 10.0 for unauthenticated remote code execution.
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