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-2026-79869
Authentication bypass in HPE AOS-10 (adjacent, unauthenticated)
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 critical
- EPSS
- —
- Published
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- Modified
AI analysisSummaries by Vani AI
Authentication bypass flaws in an affected interface of HPE AOS-10 let an unauthenticated attacker on an adjacent network circumvent authentication controls. No user interaction is required. Successful exploitation can let the attacker run arbitrary commands as a privileged user on the underlying operating system. Affected AOS-10 builds are not listed.
What to do: Apply HPE's update for CVE-2026-79869. Affected and fixed AOS-10 versions are not stated.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| HPE AOS-10 | — |
Estimated exposure
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Description · NVD
Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the affected interface of AOS-10 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands 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