HPE Discloses 72 Vulnerabilities in AOS-10 and AOS-8 Wireless LAN Operating Systems, 33 Rated Critical

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has published a security advisory detailing 72 vulnerabilities affecting its wireless LAN operating systems AOS-10 and AOS-8. The flaws impact mobility controllers, gateways, access points, and virtual machines running these platforms. Thirty-three of the issues received the highest severity rating of Critical, with eight vulnerabilities scoring the maximum CVSSv3.1 base score of 10.0. Specific examples include a buffer overflow tracked as CVE-2026-79847 in AOS-10, plus command injection and SQL injection flaws in AOS-8 that allow unauthenticated remote code execution. No exploitation of these vulnerabilities has been observed at the time of disclosure. The advisory was released on October 22, 2026, and organizations are urged to apply available patches promptly.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has disclosed multiple vulnerabilities in its wireless LAN operating systems AOS-10 and AOS-8. The company released a security advisory on October 22, 2026, revealing a total of 72 vulnerabilities identified by CVE identifiers.

The affected products include mobility controllers, gateways, access points, and virtual machines running these operating systems. Out of the 72 issues, 33 were classified as Critical, the highest severity level in the four-tier scale used by HPE.

Eight vulnerabilities received the maximum CVSSv3.1 base score of 10.0. No reports of active exploitation had been confirmed at the time the advisory was published.

Key Vulnerabilities

  • CVE-2026-79847 — buffer overflow in AOS-10
  • CVE-2026-79846 — command injection in AOS-8 under specific conditions
  • CVE-2026-79848 and CVE-2026-79849 — SQL injection flaws in AOS-8

Several of the vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely without authentication, potentially allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected devices.

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