CVE-2026-79800

Authenticated Path Traversal Vulnerability Leads to Remote Code Execution in ClearPass Policy Manager

State: Published
Severity: 8.8 High
Published: Oct 6, 2026
Updated: Oct 8, 2026
Reserved: Aug 25, 2026

Description

An authenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in the command line interface of ClearPass Policy Manager. Successful exploitation could allow a low-privileged authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the underlying operating system.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	hpe

Weaknesses

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM)Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)	6.14.0 through 6.14.0Affected

References

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05158en_us&docLocale=en_US

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