---
id: CVE-2026-79857
title: Unauthenticated Command Injection Vulnerability in AOS-8 PAPI Protocol
summary: >-
  There is a command injection vulnerability in the PAPI protocol (Aruba's
  access point management protocol) of AOS-8 that could lead to unauthenticated
  remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets to the affected UDP
  port. S…
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 >= 8.13.0.0 <= 8.13.3.0
  - arubaos_aos >= 8.10.0.0 <= 8.10.0.23
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-23T19:36:35.450967Z'
published: '2026-10-22'
updated: '2026-10-24'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-24T03:55:58.427Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79857'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.01415
epssPercentile: 0.72611
ingestedAt: '2026-10-22T22:00:50.378Z'
---

## Overview

There is a command injection vulnerability in the PAPI protocol (Aruba's access point management protocol) of AOS-8 that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets to the affected UDP port. 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.