---
id: CVE-2026-79894
title: >-
  Unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerability in the PAPI Protocol of
  AOS-8
summary: >-
  An unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the PAPI
  protocol of AOS-8. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in
  the ability to disrupt the availability of the affected interface.
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-23T17:54:48.165102Z'
published: '2026-10-22'
updated: '2026-10-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-23T19:13:55.728Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79894'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00411
epssPercentile: 0.35185
ingestedAt: '2026-10-22T22:00:50.386Z'
---

## Overview

An unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to disrupt the availability of the affected interface.

## 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.