HPE 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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CVE-2026-79855
Unauthenticated SSH authentication bypass in HPE Aruba AOS-8
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 critical
- EPSS
- —
- Published
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- Modified
AI analysisSummaries by Vani AI
An authentication bypass in the SSH daemon of AOS-8 lets an unauthenticated remote attacker skip existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation yields administrative privileges and complete compromise of the AOS-8 host. Any reachable AOS-8 system running the vulnerable SSH daemon is affected. HPE has not listed affected builds or a fixed release.
What to do: HPE has not stated a fixed AOS-8 version. Track HPE's advisory for CVE-2026-79855.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| HPE Aruba AOS-8 | — |
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
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.
- Weakness
- CWE-288
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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