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-2026-79862
Unauthenticated buffer overflow in HPE Aruba AOS-8 and AOS-10
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 critical
- EPSS
- —
- Published
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- Modified
AI analysisSummaries by Vani AI
A buffer overflow in an affected interface of HPE Aruba AOS-8 and AOS-10 lets an unauthenticated attacker on an adjacent network send specially crafted data and run arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system. No affected or fixed builds are listed. Organizations running either AOS release are affected.
What to do: Apply HPE's update for CVE-2026-79862. HPE has not listed a fixed version or workaround.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| HPE Aruba AOS-8 | — |
| HPE Aruba AOS-10 | — |
Estimated exposure
No basis for an estimate.
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Description · NVD
Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the affected interface of AOS-10 or AOS-8 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted data to the affected interface. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H