---
id: CVE-2026-79890
title: >-
  Unauthenticated Command Injection Vulnerabilities in AOS-8 Accessed by the
  PAPI Protocol
summary: >-
  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 arbi…
severity: high
cvss: 8.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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 >= 8.13.0.0 <= 8.13.3.0
  - arubaos_aos >= 8.10.0.0 <= 8.10.0.23
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-23T18:48:00.962883Z'
published: '2026-10-22'
updated: '2026-10-24'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-24T03:55:51.228Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79890'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00238
epssPercentile: 0.1405
ingestedAt: '2026-10-22T22:00:50.385Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `arubaos_aos >= 8.13.0.0 <= 8.13.3.0`
- `arubaos_aos >= 8.10.0.0 <= 8.10.0.23`

## Remediation

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