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CVE-2026-79806: Authenticated Local Privilege Escalation in ClearPass Policy Manager OnGuard Linux Agent

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-06 · updated 2026-10-08
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in the ClearPass Policy Manager OnGuard Linux agent could allow malicious users on a Linux instance to elevate their user privileges. A successful exploit allows a malicious user to escalate to root privileges on the affected Linux client.

Affected products

• Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager: from 6.14.0 through 6.14.0; from 6.11.0 through 6.11.15

References

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

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