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CVE-2026-79859 Critical · 9.8 EPSS 0.7%

Buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the affected interface of AOS-8 that could lead to unauthenticated remote…

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) · ArubaOS (AOS)

Summary

A buffer overflow in the affected interface of ArubaOS (AOS) 8 from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) allows a remote attacker to run arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system. The attack requires only network access, with no authentication or user interaction needed.

Official description · NVD

Buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the affected interface of AOS-8 that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

Breakdown
19.4 / 100
Exploited
Not confirmed
Reports
0
Tactics
0/15

Disclosed on 22 Oct 2026. No public exploit code or confirmed exploitation is recorded.

techniques

No techniques linked

No ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.

What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 6 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

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