CVE-2026-79809

Unauthenticated Path Traversal in ClearPass Policy Manager API Endpoint Leads to Authorization Bypass

State: Published
Severity: 7.3 High
Published: Oct 6, 2026
Updated: Oct 7, 2026
Reserved: Aug 25, 2026

Description

An unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in an API endpoint of ClearPass Policy Manager. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to influence authorization decisions and be assigned an unintended role.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.3 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	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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