CVE-2026-79882
Unauthenticated Adjacent Command Injection Vulnerability in the PAPI Protocol of AOS-10
There is a command injection vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of AOS-10 that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by an adjacent attacker sending specially crafted packets. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.3
Unauthenticated Adjacent Command Injection Vulnerability in the PAPI Protocol of AOS-10
There is a command injection vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of AOS-10 that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by an adjacent attacker sending specially crafted packets. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
- Record
CVE-2026-79882- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-108382
8.3
There is a command injection vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of AOS-10 that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by an adjacent attacker sending specially crafted packets. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
- Record
EUVD-2026-108382- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qj93-5pcj-3crg
8.3
No description provided
No description provided
- Record
GHSA-qj93-5pcj-3crg- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.3
There is a command injection vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of AOS-10 that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by an adjacent attacker sending specially crafted packets. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
- Record
CVE-2026-79882- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- 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-2026-79882 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.3) 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 0.77%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.