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-2026-79870
Authentication bypass in HPE Aruba AOS-8 PAPI protocol
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 critical
- EPSS
- —
- Published
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- Modified
AI analysisSummaries by Vani AI
An authentication bypass in the PAPI protocol of HPE Aruba AOS-8 lets an unauthenticated attacker on an adjacent network circumvent authentication controls. Successful exploitation can give administrative access, allow configuration changes and access to or manipulation of sensitive data, and disrupt network operations. HPE has not listed affected builds or a fixed release.
What to do: Apply HPE's update for CVE-2026-79870. No workaround is stated.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| HPE Aruba AOS-8 | — |
Estimated exposure
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Description · NVD
An authentication bypass vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain administrative access, modify system configurations, access or manipulate sensitive data, and disrupt network operations.
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H