HPE ArubaOS AOS-8: Unauthenticated command injection
Summary
Command injection vulnerabilities in an interface of HPE ArubaOS AOS-8 (Mobility Conductors, Mobility Controllers and Instant access points) allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to run arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. The CVSS score is 10.0 (critical), and the scope is changed. According to HPE, exploitation depends on preconditions outside the attacker's control, which HPE does not describe in detail.
Affected
- AOS-8 8.13.0.0 to 8.13.3.0 (vendor range; some third-party sources give 8.12.0.0 as lower bound, to be verified)
- AOS-8 8.10.0.0 to 8.10.0.23
- Unsupported branches should be treated as affected until HPE confirms otherwise
- AOS-10 is not affected by this CVE
Fixed in
- AOS-8 8.13.3.1 or later
- AOS-8 8.10.0.24 or later
Workaround
- Place CLI and web management interfaces on a dedicated management VLAN or layer-2 segment, or restrict them with firewall rules, as stated in the HPE interim measures
- Enable accounting for management access
Exploitation
- HPE is not aware of public exploit code or discussion as of the advisory date
- CISA SSVC: exploitation none, automatable yes, total technical impact
- No in-the-wild exploitation reports found; CISA KEV listing not confirmed
Our recommendation
- Inventory all AOS-8 Mobility Controllers and Instant APs and check the exact build
- Restrict CLI and web management to a management VLAN or firewall policy and confirm they are not reachable from the internet, user or guest networks
- Upgrade to 8.13.3.1, 8.10.0.24 or later, and verify the affected range against the HPE advisory first
- Monitor management interface logs for unusual activity and watch HPE and CISA for updates
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- HPE Security Bulletin HPESBNW05162 support.hpe.com
- VulDB entry 425462 vuldb.com
- CyberExperts: AOS wireless patches cyberexperts.com
- Carthage Electronics: October 2026 CVE threat brief carthageelectronics.com
- Rescana: HPE Aruba AOS CVE analysis www.rescana.com
- Strix: CVE-2026-79846 www.strix.ai
- SecurityOnline: HPE Networking AOS vulnerabilities securityonline.info
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 30 Oct 2026, 14:01.
Original description (NVD)
Command injection vulnerabilities exist in the affected interface of AOS-8 that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to run arbitrary commands on the underlying host if certain preconditions outside of the attacker's control are met. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system.
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS data © FIRST.org.
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