---
id: CVE-2026-79884
title: Authentication Bypass leads to Sensitive Information Disclosure in AOS-8
summary: >-
  A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of AOS-8 could allow an
  unauthenticated adjacent attacker to bypass existing authentication controls
  and access sensitive information. Successful exploitation could allow an
  attacker …
severity: high
cvss: 8.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L'
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: '2026-10-23T19:13:36.159Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79884'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00245
epssPercentile: 0.15697
ingestedAt: '2026-10-22T22:00:50.384Z'
---

## Overview

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of AOS-8 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to bypass existing authentication controls and access sensitive information. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain access to some data in a cleartext format possibly exposing other network infrastructure to further compromise.

## 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.