CVE-2026-79883
Unauthenticated Adjacent Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in the PAPI Protocol leads to Sensitive Information Disclosure in AOS-10
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of HPE Networking AOS-10 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to access sensitive information. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to retrieve information which could be used to potentially gain further access to network services supported by AOS-10, and to interrupt the normal operation of the affected service.
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
- Low
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Unauthenticated Adjacent Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in the PAPI Protocol leads to Sensitive Information Disclosure in AOS-10
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of HPE Networking AOS-10 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to access sensitive information. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to retrieve information which could be used to potentially gain further access to network services supported by AOS-10, and to interrupt the normal operation of the affected service.
- Record
CVE-2026-79883- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-108383
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of HPE Networking AOS-10 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to access sensitive information. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to retrieve information which could be used to potentially gain further access to network services supported by AOS-10, and to interrupt the normal operation of the affected service.
- Record
EUVD-2026-108383- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-85hg-5fgv-284g
No description provided
No description provided
- Record
GHSA-85hg-5fgv-284g- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of HPE Networking AOS-10 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to access sensitive information. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to retrieve information which could be used to potentially gain further access to network services supported by AOS-10, and to interrupt the normal operation of the affected service.
- Record
CVE-2026-79883- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-120
- 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-2026-79883 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 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.