CVE-2026-79875

critical

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 that could potentially allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain administrative access, modify system configurations, and access or manipulate sensitive data.

References

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05162en_us&docLocale=en_US

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-108375

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-22

Updated: 2026-10-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00232