---
id: CVE-2026-79955
title: >-
  Unauthenticated Memory Corruption Vulnerability leads to Denial-of-Service in
  AOS-8
summary: >-
  An unauthenticated memory corruption vulnerability exists in a service
  accessed via the PAPI protocol in AOS-8 that could allow an unauthenticated
  remote attacker to conduct a denial of service attack. Successful exploitation
  could allow…
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: '2026-10-23T17:38:38.407615Z'
published: '2026-10-22'
updated: '2026-10-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-23T19:13:58.937Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79955'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00535
epssPercentile: 0.44939
ingestedAt: '2026-10-22T22:00:50.387Z'
---

## Overview

An unauthenticated memory corruption vulnerability exists in a service accessed via the PAPI protocol in AOS-8 that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to conduct a denial of service attack. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to disrupt the availability of the affected service.

## 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.