CVE-2026-95718 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to make limited unauthorized modifications to certain settings of the affected system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

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 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 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description	No description provided	An authentication bypass vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to make limited unauthorized modifications to certain settings of the affected system.

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-287

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		No description provided
Title		Authentication Bypass 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': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hpe

Published: 2026-10-22T19:07:08.833Z

Updated: 2026-10-23T19:23:10.548Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-95718

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T19:22:57.691Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-22T19:18:08.090

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

Link: CVE-2026-95718

Redhat

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