CVE-2026-95716 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An authentication bypass in the PAPI protocol of AOS-10 allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to change the state of certain settings of a vulnerable system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

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 no

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

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +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	An authentication bypass in the PAPI protocol of AOS-10 allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to change the state of certain settings of a vulnerable system.

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-287 CWE-640

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-269
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 05:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-287 CWE-640

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		No description provided
Title		Authentication Bypass in the PAPI Protocol of AOS-10 allows Unauthorized Configuration Changes
References		https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hpe

Published: 2026-10-22T19:07:06.333Z

Updated: 2026-10-23T19:14:17.946Z

Reserved: 2026-09-22T14:51:55.129Z

Link: CVE-2026-95716

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T15:53:14.187Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-22T19:18:07.723

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

Link: CVE-2026-95716

Redhat

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