CVE-2026-79872

Published Oct 22, 2026

Last updated 2 days ago

Overview

Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the underlying operating system of AOS that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by an unauthenticated remote attacker. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
Source
security-alert@hpe.com
NVD status
Received

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
9.4
Impact score
5.5
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Severity
CRITICAL

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