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CVE-2026-79873: Unauthenticated Adjacent Authentication Bypasses in the PAPI Protocol of AOS-10 Leads to Unauthorized Administrative Access
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-10-22 · updated 2026-10-26
Description
Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the PAPI protocol of AOS-10 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain administrative access, modify system configurations, and access or manipulate sensitive data on affected devices.
Affected products
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS): from 10.8.0.0 through 10.8.1.1; from 10.7.0.0 through 10.7.2.6; from 10.4.0.0 through 10.4.1.13
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