CVE-2026-79857

There is a command injection vulnerability in the PAPI protocol (Aruba's access point management protocol) of AOS-8 that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets to the affected UDP port. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

CVSS 3.1

9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 72% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-77

Published

2026-10-22

Modified

2026-10-24

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-24

References

• https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US

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