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CVE-2026-79813: Local Privilege Escalation in ClearPass Client Software

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 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 local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the ClearPass client software. Successful exploitation could allow a low-privileged local user to execute commands with elevated privileges on the affected system, if certain conditions outside of the attacker's control are met.

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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