CVE-2026-79851 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the affected interface of AOS-10 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, 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 High

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	Buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the affected interface of AOS-10 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, leading to complete system compromise.

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		No description provided
Title		Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability leads to Remote Code Execution in AOS-10
Weaknesses		CWE-119
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:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hpe

Published: 2026-10-22T19:04:58.382Z

Updated: 2026-10-23T19:12:45.211Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T14:47:27.563Z

Link: CVE-2026-79851

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-22T20:28:17.424Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-22T19:17:57.290

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

Link: CVE-2026-79851

Redhat

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