CVE-2026-79869

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Description

Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the affected interface of AOS-10 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS score

9.6 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Awaiting Analysis

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-10-22 19:17:59.280000

Last modified

2026-10-26 14:18:54.933000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-79869",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-22T19:17:59.280",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T14:18:54.933",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the affected interface of AOS-10 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as a privileged user on the underlying operating system."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)",
          "product": "ArubaOS (AOS)",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "10.8.0.0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "10.8.1.1",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "10.7.0.0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "10.7.2.6",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "10.4.0.0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "10.4.1.13",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "baseScore": 9.6,
          "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
          "attackVector": "ADJACENT_NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 2.8,
        "impactScore": 6.0
      }
    ]
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}