---
id: CVE-2026-79873
title: >-
  Unauthenticated Adjacent Authentication Bypasses in the PAPI Protocol of
  AOS-10 Leads to Unauthorized Administrative Access
summary: No description provided
severity: critical
cvss: 9.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
vendor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
product: Unknown product
affected:
  - unknown_product >= 10.8.0.0 <= 10.8.1.1
  - unknown_product >= 10.6.0.0 <= 10.7.2.6
  - unknown_product >= 10.3.0.0 <= 10.4.1.13
published: '2026-10-22'
updated: '2026-10-22'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-22T19:05:36.541Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79873'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-22T22:00:50.381Z'
---

## Overview

No description provided

## Affected

- `unknown_product >= 10.8.0.0 <= 10.8.1.1`
- `unknown_product >= 10.6.0.0 <= 10.7.2.6`
- `unknown_product >= 10.3.0.0 <= 10.4.1.13`

## Remediation

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