HPE AOS-8 up to 8.10.0.23/8.13.3.0 code injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in HPE AOS-8 up to 8.10.0.23/8.13.3.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-79857. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HPE AOS-8 up to 8.10.0.23/8.13.3.0. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.hpe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-79857 since 08/25/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 10/23/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 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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Vendor

• HPE

Name

• AOS-8

Version

• 8.10.0.0
• 8.10.0.1
• 8.10.0.2
• 8.10.0.3
• 8.10.0.4
• 8.10.0.5
• 8.10.0.6
• 8.10.0.7
• 8.10.0.8
• 8.10.0.9
• 8.10.0.10
• 8.10.0.11
• 8.10.0.12
• 8.10.0.13
• 8.10.0.14
• 8.10.0.15
• 8.10.0.16
• 8.10.0.17
• 8.10.0.18
• 8.10.0.19
• 8.10.0.20
• 8.10.0.21
• 8.10.0.22
• 8.10.0.23
• 8.13.0
• 8.13.1
• 8.13.2
• 8.13.3.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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