Medium severity · published Oct 22, 2026
CVE-2026-95718
Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in the PAPI Protocol of AOS-8
New
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An authentication bypass vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to make limited unauthorized modifications to certain settings of the affected system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% 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)
8.13.0.0 through 8.13.3.0; 8.10.0.0 through 8.10.0.23 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-95718
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-95718
support.hpe.com
https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US
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