CVE-2026-79873 PUBLISHED

Unauthenticated Adjacent Authentication Bypasses in the PAPI Protocol of AOS-10 Leads to Unauthorized Administrative Access

Assigner: hpe
Reserved: 25.08.2026 Published: 22.10.2026 Updated: 23.10.2026

Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the PAPI protocol of AOS-10 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain administrative access, modify system configurations, and access or manipulate sensitive data on affected devices.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 9.3

Product Status

Vendor Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Product ArubaOS (AOS)
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 10.8.0.0 to 10.8.1.1 (incl.)
  • affected from 10.7.0.0 to 10.7.2.6 (incl.)
  • affected from 10.4.0.0 to 10.4.1.13 (incl.)

Credits

  • Internal security research (HPE Networking). reporter

References