Unauthenticated Command Injection Vulnerability in AOS-8 PAPI Protocol

published 2026-10-22 20d ago modified 2026-10-26 16d ago also EUVD-2026-108357

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 20d ago (2026-10-23)

Exploit prediction

1.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

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

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-79857
NVD CVE-2026-79857

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