{"id":"CVE-2026-79861","title":"Unauthenticated Command Injection Vulnerability in the PAPI Protocol of AOS-10","summary":"There is a command injection vulnerability in AOS-10 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 arbi…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","vendor":"Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)","product":"ArubaOS (AOS)","affected":["arubaos_aos >= 10.8.0.0 <= 10.8.1.1","arubaos_aos >= 10.7.0.0 <= 10.7.2.6","arubaos_aos >= 10.4.0.0 <= 10.4.1.13"],"published":"2026-10-22","updated":"2026-10-23","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-23T19:13:03.773Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79861","references":[{"url":"https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00422,"epssPercentile":0.35443,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-22T22:00:50.379Z","slug":"CVE-2026-79861","body":"## Overview\n\nThere is a command injection vulnerability in AOS-10 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `arubaos_aos >= 10.8.0.0 <= 10.8.1.1`\n- `arubaos_aos >= 10.7.0.0 <= 10.7.2.6`\n- `arubaos_aos >= 10.4.0.0 <= 10.4.1.13`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}