CVE-2026-79857: Unauthenticated Command Injection Vulnerability in AOS-8 PAPI Protocol
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) · ArubaOS (AOS)
Affected: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS) · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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Higher than 73% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) · ArubaOS (AOS)from 8.13.0.0 up to and including 8.13.3.0; from 8.10.0.0 up to and including 8.10.0.23
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Published
- October 2026
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