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CVE-2026-79868

Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the affected interface of AOS-8 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls.

CRITICAL 9.6EPSS 0.27%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the affected interface of AOS-8 could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain administrative access, modify system configurations, and access or manipulate sensitive data, leading to complete compromise of the affected system.

CVSS 3.1
9.6 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.27% probability · 19th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Source
security-alert@hpe.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%23 October 2026: 0.18%26 October 2026: 0.27%23 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS moved from 0.2% on 23 October 2026 to 0.3% 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.