CVE•Published 2026-10-22•Modified 2026-10-26•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-79855
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
48
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 52% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-10-22
Modified 2026-10-26
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-79855Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-79855Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-79855Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-79855GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-79855" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (6)
CVE-2026-798556 repos
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