CVE-2026-79875
Authentication Bypass in the PAPI Protocol of AOS-8 Allows Unauthorized Administrative Access
A vulnerability has been identified in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 that could potentially 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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Authentication Bypass in the PAPI Protocol of AOS-8 Allows Unauthorized Administrative Access
A vulnerability has been identified in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 that could potentially 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.
- Record
CVE-2026-79875- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-108375
A vulnerability has been identified in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 that could potentially 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.
- Record
EUVD-2026-108375- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-29x9-8x48-29g7
No description provided
No description provided
- Record
GHSA-29x9-8x48-29g7- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability has been identified in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 that could potentially 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.
- Record
CVE-2026-79875- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-79875 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe) Arubaos (aos), published October 22, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 14th percentile. No source names a fixed version.