---
id: "CVE-2026-79894"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-79894"]
title: "AOS-8: unauthenticated PAPI protocol flaw lets attackers disrupt availability"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.5
epss: 0.00324
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["aos-8", "infrastructure", "network-controller"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-22T19:18:01+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:32+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T03:15:05+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79894", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:32+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-79894", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00"}]
---

# AOS-8: unauthenticated PAPI protocol flaw lets attackers disrupt availability

AOS-8 has a PAPI protocol flaw that needs no login and can knock the affected interface offline. An attacker gets a denial of service, not code execution or data access.

_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-2026-79894
- 2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-79894

## From the sources

An unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to disrupt the availability of the affected interface.

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