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CVE-2026-79870: Authentication Bypass leads to Unauthorized Access in AOS-8
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-10-22 · updated 2026-10-26
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.
Affected products
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS): from 8.13.0.0 through 8.13.3.0; from 8.10.0.0 through 8.10.0.23
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