CVE-2026-79850 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Vulnerabilities in the affected interface of AOS-8 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass existing authentication controls and run arbitrary commands on the underlying host. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system leading to complete system compromise.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Hpe	Aos

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US

History

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Hpe Hpe aos
Vendors & Products		Hpe Hpe aos

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description	No description provided	Vulnerabilities in the affected interface of AOS-8 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass existing authentication controls and run arbitrary commands on the underlying host. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system leading to complete system compromise.

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		No description provided
Title		Authentication Bypass Leading to Remote Code Execution in AOS-8
Weaknesses		CWE-288
References		https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hpe

Published: 2026-10-22T19:04:57.112Z

Updated: 2026-10-23T19:12:43.883Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T14:47:27.562Z

Link: CVE-2026-79850

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-22T20:18:26.501Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-22T19:17:57.183

Modified: 2026-10-26T14:18:54.933

Link: CVE-2026-79850

Redhat

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