CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-79855

CriticalCVSS 9.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.75%

55th percentile - higher than 55% of all known CVEs

Summary

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the SSH daemon of AOS-8 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to gain administrative privileges leading to complete compromise of the AOS-8 host.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could gain administrative privileges without authentication, leading to complete compromise of the device and network infrastructure.

Recommendation

Apply the vendor patch for AOS-8 as soon as possible and restrict SSH access from untrusted networks.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the SSH daemon of AOS-8 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to gain administrative privileges leading to complete compromise of the AOS-8 host.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS