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CVE-2026-79858

An unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability exists in the PAPI protocol in AOS-8.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.51%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability exists in the PAPI protocol in AOS-8. Successful exploitation could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to obtain and modify sensitive information in the underlying database and to interrupt the normal operation of the affected service.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.51% probability · 43th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Source
security-alert@hpe.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%23 October 2026: 0.36%26 October 2026: 0.51%23 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS moved from 0.4% on 23 October 2026 to 0.5% on 26 October 2026.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.