Vulnerability · Published Oct 22, 2026 · Assigned by hpe

CVE-2026-79886Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability leads to Denial-of-Service in AOS-8

High 8.2

In plain English

A high-severity memory corruption in ArubaOS (AOS) from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 69.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An unauthenticated buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8. Successful exploitation could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to disrupt the availability of the affected service on the controller, with a limited impact to its integrity.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS) 8.13.0.0 – through 8.13.3.08.10.0.0 – through 8.10.0.23

Weakness: CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

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