CVE-2026-79855 PUBLISHED

Authentication Bypass in the SSH Daemon of AOS-8 leads to Complete System Compromise

Assigner: hpe
Reserved: 25.08.2026 Published: 22.10.2026 Updated: 24.10.2026

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the SSH daemon of AOS-8 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to gain administrative privileges leading to complete compromise of the AOS-8 host.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Product Status

Vendor Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Product ArubaOS (AOS)
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 8.13.0.0 to 8.13.3.0 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.10.0.0 to 8.10.0.23 (incl.)

Credits

  • Internal security research (HPE Networking). reporter

References