CVE-2026-79866
Unauthenticated Adjacent Path Traversal Vulnerability leads to Filesystem Compromise in AOS-8
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.6 Critical
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 25, 2026
Description
An unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in the PAPI protocol in AOS-8. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to read, modify, and delete files on the underlying operating system.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.6 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | hpe |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
ArubaOS (AOS)Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) |
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References
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