---
id: "CVE-2026-79864"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-79864"]
title: "HPE Aruba AOS-10: unauthenticated command injection gives root on controllers"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 9.6
epss: 0.01163
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: [{"name": "AOS-10", "fixed": ["10.8.1.2", "10.7.2.7", "10.4.1.14"], "affected": ">= 10.8.0.0, <= 10.8.1.1; >= 10.7.0.0, <= 10.7.2.6; >= 10.4.0.0, <= 10.4.1.13", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["adjacent-network", "aos-10", "aruba", "hpe", "infrastructure", "network-gear"]
not_affected_if: ["version-outside-affected-ranges"]
published_at: "2026-10-22T19:17:58+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:32+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T12:38:51+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79864", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:32+00:00"}, {"source": "analyst", "url": null, "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T22:17:52+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-79864", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00"}]
---

# HPE Aruba AOS-10: unauthenticated command injection gives root on controllers

HPE Aruba AOS-10 network gear has a command injection flaw in an interface that takes no login. An attacker on an adjacent network can run arbitrary commands as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:AOS-10 affected >= 10.8.0.0, <= 10.8.1.1; >= 10.7.0.0, <= 10.7.2.6; >= 10.4.0.0, <= 10.4.1.13 fixed 10.8.1.2, 10.7.2.7, 10.4.1.14

## How to check

Check the AOS-10 version running on each gateway or controller against the affected ranges: 10.8.0.0 to 10.8.1.1, 10.7.0.0 to 10.7.2.6, and 10.4.0.0 to 10.4.1.13.

## Fix

Upgrade to 10.8.1.2, 10.7.2.7, or 10.4.1.14, matching your release train.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:32+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79864
- 2026-10-23T22:17:52+00:00 analyst — Read HPE advisory HPESBNW05162 (CSAF text, truncated before this CVE's detail entry, so the exact interface is unnamed). Affected/fixed versions confirmed from its summary sections. No exploitation or public PoC per HPE and BleepingComputer; no social search done.
- 2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-79864

## Documents

- [advisory] HPESBNW05162 HPE Networking AOS-8 and AOS-10 advisory https://csaf.arubanetworking.hpe.com/2026/hpe_networking_-_hpesbnw05162.txt
- [describes] CVE Record CVE-2026-79864 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79864
- [mentions] HPE patches eight max severity RCE and auth bypass AOS flaws https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hpe-patches-eight-max-severity-rce-and-auth-bypass-aos-flaws/

## From the sources

Command injection vulnerabilities exist in the affected interface of AOS-10 that could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to perform command injection. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

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