Unauthenticated SQLi in widely deployed HPE/Aruba AOS-8 networking stack can disrupt infrastructure and expose/alter sensitive device data.
CVE-2026-79858
Unauthenticated SQL injection in AOS-8 PAPI allowing DB access/modification and service disruption
Is CVE-2026-79858 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-79858 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.51% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-79858?
CVE-2026-79858 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-79858?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-79858, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-79858 affect?
CVE-2026-79858 affects AOS-8 (PAPI protocol), HPE/Aruba AOS networking appliances. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-79858?
Isolate affected devices, follow HPE advisory, apply vendor mitigations and patch when available
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote unauthenticated SQL injection via PAPI can read/modify device databases and interrupt network services on AOS-8 devices.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 8.13.0.0 and <= 8.13.3.0
- affected>= 8.10.0.0 and <= 8.10.0.23
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.