CVE-2026-23599

Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in HPE Aruba Networking Clear Pass Policy Manager OnGuard for Linux

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Feb 17, 2026
Updated: Feb 18, 2026
Reserved: Jan 14, 2026

Description

A local privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in the HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass OnGuard Software for Linux. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privileges.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	hpe

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy ManagerHewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)	6.12.0 through 6.12.7Affected 6.11.0 through 6.11.13Affected

References

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05012en_us&docLocale=en_US

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