CVE-2026-79870

critical · 9.6

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain administrative access, modify system configurations, access or manipulate sensitive data, and disrupt network operations.

9.6

CVSS

0.3%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

19th

EPSS percentile

2026-10-22

Published

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

References

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

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-79870