Affects HPE Aruba AOS-8 networking OS; authenticated RCE on network appliances risks wide enterprise disruption.
CVE-2026-79880
Authenticated SSRF in AOS-8 CLI allows OS command execution.
Is CVE-2026-79880 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-79880 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 0.50% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-79880?
CVE-2026-79880 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. 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-2026-79880?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-79880. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-79880 affect?
CVE-2026-79880 affects HPE Aruba AOS-8 (ArubaOS 8 CLI), Aruba switches/controllers running AOS-8. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-79880?
Apply vendor patch immediately; restrict CLI access and isolate management plane.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated SSRF via CLI enables arbitrary OS command execution and privilege escalation on affected 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.