# CVE-2026-44856: HPE Aruba Networking AOS stack overflow in management services

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-44856-hpe-aruba-networking-aos-stack-overflow-in-management-services  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-05-12. Updated: 2026-05-14  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-44856 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.2 · Published 2026-05-12

HPE Aruba Networking AOS-8 and AOS-10 operating systems, which power enterprise network controllers and access points, are affected by security vulnerabilities in their management interface. An attacker who already has administrative access to the system's command-line interface could exploit these flaws to take full control of the underlying operating system. This could lead to a complete compromise of the networking hardware and the data passing through it.

Technologies: [HPE Aruba Networking AOS-10](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/aos-10), [HPE Aruba Networking AOS-8](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/aos-8). Vendors: [HPE Aruba Networking](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/hpe-aruba-networking).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-44856 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-44856 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-44856?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.2, published 12 May 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** HPE Aruba Networking AOS-8; HPE Aruba Networking AOS-10.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-44856?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-44856 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in an operating system.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-44856?** Check whether you run HPE Aruba Networking AOS-10 or HPE Aruba Networking AOS-8. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

Multiple stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities (CWE-121) exist within the management service components of HPE Aruba Networking AOS-8 and AOS-10. The flaws are reachable via the command-line interface (CLI). An attacker must be authenticated with high administrative privileges to reach the vulnerable code paths. By sending specially crafted requests to these services, an attacker can trigger the overflow to achieve arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges on the underlying Linux-based operating system. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-44856 with a CVSS score of 7.2.

## Affected products

- HPE Aruba Networking AOS-8
- HPE Aruba Networking AOS-10

## Timeline

- 2026-05-12: disclosed
- 2026-05-12: advisory

## References

- [https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05048en_us&docLocale=en_US](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05048en_us&docLocale=en_US)

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