CVE-2026-79805

Authenticated Path Traversal Vulnerability Leads to Unauthorized File Access and Modification in ClearPass Policy Manager

State: Published
Severity: 9.8 Critical
Published: Oct 6, 2026
Updated: Oct 8, 2026
Reserved: Aug 25, 2026

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Description

An authenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in ClearPass Policy Manager. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to read and modify certain files on the underlying operating system.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	9.8 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 6.11.0 through 6.11.15Affected

References

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

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