CVE-2026-79894 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to disrupt the availability of the affected interface.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

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 partial

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, 23 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description	No description provided	An unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to disrupt the availability of the affected interface.
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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

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

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 04:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-400

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		No description provided
Title		Unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerability in the PAPI Protocol of AOS-8
References		https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hpe

Published: 2026-10-22T19:06:45.891Z

Updated: 2026-10-23T19:13:55.728Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T14:48:24.899Z

Link: CVE-2026-79894

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T17:54:35.296Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-22T19:18:01.983

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

Link: CVE-2026-79894

Redhat

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