HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System up to 10.8.0.0 PAPI Protocol command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System up to 10.8.0.0 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component PAPI Protocol. This manipulation causes command injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-44871. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System up to 10.8.0.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component PAPI Protocol. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Command injection vulnerabilities exist in the command line interface (CLI) service accessed by the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 and AOS-10 Operating Systems. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-44871 since 05/07/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/12/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
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Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/07/2026 CVE reserved
05/12/2026 +5 days Advisory disclosed
05/12/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/12/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hpe.com

Advisory: support.hpe.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-44871 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-44871
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-363415

Entryinfo

Created: 05/12/2026 23:23
Changes: 05/12/2026 23:23 (62)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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