CVE-2026-79866 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in the PAPI protocol in AOS-8. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to read, modify, and delete files on the underlying operating system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent 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 no

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

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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

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

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-20 CWE-22

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-20 CWE-22

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description	No description provided	An unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in the PAPI protocol in AOS-8. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to read, modify, and delete files on the underlying operating system.

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 04:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-20 CWE-22

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		No description provided
Title		Unauthenticated Adjacent Path Traversal Vulnerability leads to Filesystem Compromise in AOS-8
References		https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hpe

Published: 2026-10-22T19:05:24.966Z

Updated: 2026-10-30T19:07:54.612Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T14:48:06.469Z

Link: CVE-2026-79866

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-30T19:07:35.505Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-22T19:17:58.960

Modified: 2026-10-30T19:19:13.267

Link: CVE-2026-79866

Redhat

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