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-2026-79866
Unauthenticated path traversal in HPE Aruba AOS-8 PAPI
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 critical
- EPSS
- —
- Published
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- Modified
AI analysisSummaries by Vani AI
A path traversal flaw in the PAPI protocol on HPE Aruba AOS-8 lets an unauthenticated attacker on an adjacent network read, modify, and delete files on the underlying operating system. No user interaction is required. Affected AOS-8 builds are not listed.
What to do: HPE has not stated a fixed AOS-8 version. Apply HPE's update for CVE-2026-79866 when published.
| 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 unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in the PAPI protocol in AOS-8. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to read, modify, and delete files 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