Authentication Bypass leads to Unauthorized Access in AOS-8
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.
CVE-2026-79870
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-79870
ArubaOS (AOS)
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)",
"product": "ArubaOS (AOS)",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "8.13.0.0",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "8.13.3.0"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "8.10.0.0",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "8.10.0.23"
}
],
"defaultStatus": "affected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-79870
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
critical
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #53126 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date