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CVE-2026-79855 Critical · 9.8 EPSS 0.8%

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the SSH daemon of AOS-8 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to…

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) · ArubaOS (AOS)

Summary

An authentication bypass in the SSH daemon of ArubaOS (AOS-8), a product from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, lets an attacker circumvent the existing authentication controls. An unauthenticated attacker with remote network access can exploit it without credentials, user interaction, or any special configuration, gaining administrative privileges and complete control of the AOS-8 host.

Official description · NVD

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the SSH daemon of AOS-8 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to gain administrative privileges leading to complete compromise of the AOS-8 host.

Breakdown
19.8 / 100
Exploited
Not confirmed
Reports
0
Tactics
0/15

Disclosed on 22 Oct 2026. No public exploit code or confirmed exploitation is recorded.

techniques

No techniques linked

No ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.

What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 6 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

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