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-2026-79851
Unauthenticated buffer overflow RCE in HPE AOS-10
- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 critical
- EPSS
- —
- Published
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- Modified
AI analysisSummaries by Vani AI
A buffer overflow in an interface of HPE Aruba AOS-10 allows unauthenticated remote code execution. An attacker on the network can trigger it with no user interaction and run arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system, fully compromising the device. Affected AOS-10 builds are not listed.
What to do: Apply HPE's update for CVE-2026-79851. Fixed AOS-10 versions and workarounds are not stated.
| 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
Buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the affected interface of AOS-10 that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system, leading to complete system compromise.
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
In the news
3 storiesHPE patches critical Aruba AOS flaws that can fully control devices
Eight CVEs score CVSS 10.0; unauthenticated AOS-8 flaws can run commands as root, and HPE knew of no public exploit code.
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HPE 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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