Unauthenticated Command Injection Vulnerabilities in AOS-8 Accessed by the PAPI Protocol

published 2026-10-22 20d ago modified 2026-10-26 16d ago also EUVD-2026-108390

cvss: 8.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits: 0; none known

There are command injection vulnerabilities in AOS-8 that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted PAPI packets. 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: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 20d ago (2026-10-23)

Exploit prediction

0.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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-2026-79890
NVD CVE-2026-79890

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