CVE-2026-79879 (GCVE-0-2026-79879)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-22 19:05 – Updated: 2026-10-23 19:13
VLAI
Title
Unauthenticated Adjacent Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities lead to Remote Code Execution in AOS-10
Summary
Memory corruption vulnerabilities in the affected interface of AOS-10 could lead to remote code execution by an unauthenticated adjacent attacker. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
hpe CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 57/100 over 359 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS (AOS) Affected: 10.8.0.0 , ≤ 10.8.1.1 (semver)
Affected: 10.7.0.0 , ≤ 10.7.2.6 (semver)
Affected: 10.4.0.0 , ≤ 10.4.1.13 (semver)
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Credits
Internal security research (HPE Networking).
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