CVE-2026-79870

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Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain administrative access, modify system configurations, access or manipulate sensitive data, and disrupt network operations.

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS score

9.6 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Awaiting Analysis

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-10-22 19:17:59.390000

Last modified

2026-10-26 14:18:54.933000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-79870",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-22T19:17:59.390",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T14:18:54.933",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "An authentication bypass vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain administrative access, modify system configurations, access or manipulate sensitive data, and disrupt network operations."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)",
          "product": "ArubaOS (AOS)",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "8.13.0.0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "8.13.3.0",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "8.10.0.0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "8.10.0.23",
              "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]"
    }
  ]
}