Critical
Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability leads to Authentication Bypass in AOS-8
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 that could allow an unauthenticated remote 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.
Announced Source revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2026-79856
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-2026-79856
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-2026-79856
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
critical
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #55789 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date