---
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'
---

## Overview

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 arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

## 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`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.