{"id":"CVE-2026-79858","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-79858"],"related":[],"title":"HPE Aruba AOS-8 controllers: unauthenticated SQL injection lets attackers read and change data","description":"An unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability exists in the PAPI protocol in AOS-8. Successful exploitation could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to obtain and modify sensitive information in the underlying database and to interrupt the normal operation of the affected service.","summary":"HPE Aruba AOS-8 controllers have an SQL injection flaw in the PAPI protocol that needs no login. A remote attacker can read and modify the controller's database and interrupt the service.","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"epss":0.00358,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[{"name":"HPE Networking AOS-8 (ArubaOS)","fixed":["8.10.0.24","8.13.3.1"],"affected":">= 8.10.0.0, <= 8.10.0.23; >= 8.12.0.0, <= 8.13.3.0","ecosystem":"vendor"}],"ecosystems":["vendor"],"tags":["aos-8","aruba","hpe","infrastructure","network-appliance","papi","sql-injection"],"not_affected_if":["version-outside-affected-ranges"],"how_to_check":"Check the AOS-8 version: affected are 8.10.0.0 through 8.10.0.23 and 8.12.0.0 through 8.13.3.0.","fix":"Upgrade to AOS-8 8.10.0.24 or 8.13.3.1, the fixed releases.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-22T19:17:58+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:32+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-23T22:31:58+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00","category":"infrastructure","confidence":0.8,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-23T22:31:58Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"Upgrade to AOS-8 8.10.0.24 or 8.13.3.1, the fixed releases.\nunknown","reach":"network","title":"HPE Aruba AOS-8 controllers: unauthenticated SQL injection lets attackers read and change data","impact":"high","summary":"HPE Aruba AOS-8 controllers have an SQL injection flaw in the PAPI protocol that needs no login. A remote attacker can read and modify the controller's database and interrupt the service.","category":"infrastructure","who_cares":["aos-8","aruba","hpe","network-appliance"],"confidence":0.8,"needs_auth":"no","worst_case":"Unauthenticated attacker reads and modifies controller database, disrupts service","analyst_note":"Confirm whether PAPI is reachable by default or only with specific settings, and whether a vendor advisory gives workarounds for unpatched versions; see the NVD link.","how_to_check":"Check the AOS-8 version: affected are 8.10.0.0 through 8.10.0.23 and 8.12.0.0 through 8.13.3.0.","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["version-outside-affected-ranges"],"user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"critical"},"cost_usd":0.000528,"input_tokens":3024,"output_tokens":451,"severity_before":"critical"},"analyst_status":"done","analyst_note":"Find the affected AOS-8 versions and the vendor advisory (Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise) from the NVD entry; the sources give no version or patch.","search":"'-2026':16A,19A '-79858':17A,20A '-8':4A,24A,27B,41B,83C 'affect':110C 'allow':87C 'ao':3A,26B,40B,82C 'aos':23A 'applianc':33B 'aruba':2A,28B,39B 'arubaos':25A 'attack':10A,58B,91C 'chang':13A 'control':5A,42B,64B 'could':86C 'cve':15A,18A 'data':14A 'databas':66B,101C 'exist':76C 'exploit':85C 'flaw':47B 'hpe':1A,21A,29B,38B 'inform':97C 'infrastructur':30B 'inject':8A,37B,46B,74C 'interrupt':68B,104C 'let':9A 'login':55B 'modifi':62B,95C 'need':53B 'network':32B 'network-appli':31B 'networking':22A 'normal':106C 'obtain':93C 'oper':107C 'papi':34B,50B,79C 'protocol':51B,80C 'read':11A,60B 'remot':57B,90C 'sensit':96C 'servic':70B,111C 'sql':7A,36B,45B,73C 'sql-inject':35B 'success':84C 'unauthent':6A,72C,89C 'under':100C 'vulner':75C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":null,"tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-22T19:17:58+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvss_by":"security-alert@hpe.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-79858","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79858","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-22T19:17:58+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-23T20:17:23+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:32+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T22:29:02+00:00","note":null},{"source":"analyst","external_id":"CVE-2026-79858:203","url":null,"severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-23T22:19:01+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-23T22:19:01+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T22:19:01+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T22:19:01+00:00","note":"Vendor is HPE Networking (Aruba), not Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise; the triage hint was wrong. Advisory HPESBNW05162 (2026-10-22) lists AOS-8 affected <=8.13.3.0 and <=8.10.0.23, fixed in 8.13.3.1 and 8.10.0.24. The CVE-specific Details entry was cut off in the text I could fetch, so the AOS-8 ranges come from the advisory-wide list and the CVE record. HPE reports no known exploitation or public PoC. I did not search social posts."},{"source":"epss","external_id":"CVE-2026-79858","url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-79858","severity":null,"published_at":null,"modified_at":null,"first_seen_at":"2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[{"id":1280,"url":"https://csaf.arubanetworking.hpe.com/2026/hpe_networking_-_hpesbnw05162.txt","title":"HPESBNW05162 HPE Networking AOS-8 and AOS-10 advisory","kind":"advisory","source":"analyst","text":null,"published_at":null,"relation":"advisory","confidence":null,"note":null},{"id":1256,"url":"https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hpe-patches-eight-max-severity-rce-and-auth-bypass-aos-flaws/","title":"HPE patches eight max severity RCE and auth bypass AOS flaws","kind":"blog","source":"analyst","text":"Secondary. Quotes HPE advisory: restrict CLI and web management interfaces to dedicated L2 VLAN and/or L3+ firewall; HPE not aware of public discussion or exploit code as of release. Does not list this CVE or fixed versions.","published_at":null,"relation":"describes","confidence":null,"note":null},{"id":1338,"url":"https://securityonline.info/hpe-networking-aos-vulnerabilities/","title":"HPE Networking AOS Vulnerabilities Hit PAPI Protocol","kind":"blog","source":"analyst","text":"CVE-2026-79861 brings the same command-injection bug type as CVE-2026-79857 to AOS-10. PAPI listens on UDP 8211. Affected: AOS-10.8.0.0-10.8.1.1, 10.6.0.0-10.7.2.6, 10.3.0.0-10.4.1.13. Upgrade to 10.8.1.2, 10.7.2.7 or 10.4.1.14. Limit UDP 8211 to trusted devices.","published_at":null,"relation":"describes","confidence":null,"note":null}],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}