High severity · published Oct 22, 2026
CVE-2026-79879
Unauthenticated Adjacent Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities lead to Remote Code Execution in AOS-10
New
8.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Memory corruption vulnerabilities in the affected interface of AOS-10 could lead to remote code execution by an unauthenticated adjacent attacker. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AA
ArubaOS (AOS) · Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
10.8.0.0 through 10.8.1.1; 10.7.0.0 through 10.7.2.6; 10.4.0.0 through 10.4.1.13 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79879
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79879
support.hpe.com
https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US
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