CVE-2026-79883

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Description

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.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

8.3 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Awaiting Analysis

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-10-22 19:18:00.820000

Last modified

2026-10-26 14:18:54.933000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-79883",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-22T19:18:00.820",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T14:18:54.933",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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."
    }
  ],
  "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:U/C:H/I:L/A:H",
          "baseScore": 8.3,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "ADJACENT_NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 2.8,
        "impactScore": 5.5
      }
    ]
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}