Unauthenticated Adjacent Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in the PAPI Protocol leads to Sensitive Information Disclosure in AOS-10

published 2026-10-22 20d ago modified 2026-10-30 12d ago also EUVD-2026-108383

cvss: 8.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits: 0; none known

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of HPE Networking AOS-10 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to access sensitive information. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to retrieve information which could be used to potentially gain further access to network services supported by AOS-10, and to interrupt the normal operation of the affected service.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 12d ago (2026-10-30)

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

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

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-79883
NVD CVE-2026-79883

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