CVE-2026-79870
An authentication bypass vulnerability in the PAPI protocol of AOS-8 could allow an unauthenticated…
- Risk score
- 60/100
- CVSS
- 9.6 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.2%
- Published
- 22 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- An authentication bypass vulnerability in the PAPI protocol 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, access or manipulate sensitive data, and dis…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Amber
- CVSS 9.6 critical
References
Original description
An authentication bypass vulnerability in the PAPI protocol 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, access or manipulate sensitive data, and disrupt network operations.
Last activity 22 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.