CVE-2026-79796
CriticalCVSS 9.8Summary
Vulnerabilities have been identified in the affected interface of ClearPass Policy Manager that could potentially allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.
Risk Assessment
An unauthenticated attacker could gain access to the system, potentially leading to data confidentiality and integrity breaches and system takeover.
Recommendation
Urgently apply vendor patches and strengthen authentication mechanisms, e.g., by implementing MFA.
Other vulnerabilities in ClearPass Policy Manager
See all- CVE-2026-79818Medium
A vulnerability in an API interface of ClearPass Policy Manager could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from the affected system.
- CVE-2026-79817Medium
A sensitive information disclosure vulnerability exists in the client software of HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with local access to the affected system to obtain sensitive information.
- CVE-2026-79816Medium
A vulnerability in a client interface of HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to conduct a DOM-based cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the affected client interface. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in a victim's browser context.
- CVE-2026-79813Medium
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the ClearPass client software. Successful exploitation could allow a low-privileged local user to execute commands with elevated privileges on the affected system, if certain conditions outside of the attacker's control are met.
- CVE-2026-79811High
A SQL injection vulnerability in the API of ClearPass Policy Manager could allow a remote authenticated attacker with administrative privileges to conduct SQL injection attacks against the ClearPass Policy Manager instance. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary database commands.
- CVE-2026-79810High
Remote code execution vulnerabilities exist in the affected interface of HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager that could allow an authenticated remote attacker with high privileges to execute arbitrary code. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system.
- CVE-2026-79809High
A path traversal vulnerability in an API endpoint of ClearPass Policy Manager allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to influence authorization decisions and be assigned an unintended role.
- CVE-2026-79808High
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the OnGuard agent of ClearPass Policy Manager allows an authenticated local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges or disrupt service availability.
- CVE-2026-79807High
A missing integrity verification vulnerability in the Windows client software for ClearPass Policy Manager could allow malicious local users to elevate privileges and execute code with elevated privileges.
- CVE-2026-79806High
A privilege escalation vulnerability in the ClearPass Policy Manager OnGuard Linux agent could allow malicious users to escalate to root privileges on the affected Linux client.
Original NVD description (English source)
Vulnerabilities have been identified in the affected interface of ClearPass Policy Manager that could potentially allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

