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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CVE-2026-79861
Unauthenticated command injection RCE in AOS-10 via PAPI
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 critical
- EPSS
- —
- Published
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- Modified
AI analysisSummaries by Vani AI
AOS-10 has a command injection flaw in handling of PAPI packets. A remote attacker with no credentials and no user interaction can send specially crafted PAPI packets and run arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system. Affected AOS-10 versions have not been listed.
What to do: HPE has not listed a fixed version or workaround. Apply HPE's update for CVE-2026-79861 when it is available.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| HPE AOS-10 | — |
Estimated exposure
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Description · NVD
There is a command injection vulnerability in AOS-10 that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted PAPI packets. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H