---
id: "CVE-2026-79892"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-79892"]
title: "AOS-8: memory corruption lets a local user run code as root"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.8
epss: 0.00118
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["aos-8", "infrastructure", "network-appliance", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["no-aos-8-devices"]
published_at: "2026-10-22T19:18:01+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:32+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T03:08:10+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79892", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:32+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-79892", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00"}]
---

# AOS-8: memory corruption lets a local user run code as root

A memory corruption flaw in AOS-8, the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise wireless controller operating system, lets an attacker with a local login run arbitrary code. Successful exploitation runs that code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

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

## How to check

- unknown

## Fix

- unknown

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:32+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79892
- 2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-79892

## From the sources

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in AOS-8 that could allow an authenticated local attacker to execute arbitrary code. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

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