---
id: CVE-2026-79878
title: >-
  Unauthenticated Adjacent Command Injection Vulnerability in the AOS-8 Command
  Line Interface Accessed by the PAPI Protocol
summary: >-
  A command injection vulnerability in the AOS-8 command line interface accessed
  by the PAPI protocol could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by an
  adjacent attacker sending specially crafted PAPI packets destined to the PAPI
  U…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/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
published: '2026-10-22'
updated: '2026-10-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-23T19:13:27.325Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79878'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00822
epssPercentile: 0.57103
ingestedAt: '2026-10-22T22:00:50.383Z'
---

## Overview

A command injection vulnerability in the AOS-8 command line interface accessed by the PAPI protocol could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by an adjacent attacker sending specially crafted PAPI packets destined to the PAPI UDP port 8211. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker 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.