CVE-2026-23599

HIGH 7.8

Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in HPE Aruba Networking Clear Pass Policy Manager OnGuard for Linux

CVSS Score

7.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

2th

A local privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in the HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass OnGuard Software for Linux. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privileges.

Vendor	hewlett packard enterprise (hpe)
Product	hpe aruba networking clearpass policy manager
Published	Feb 17, 2026
Last Updated	Feb 18, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) / HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager

6.12.0 ≤ 6.12.7 6.11.0 ≤ 6.11.13

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

support.hpe.com: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05012en_us&docLocale=en_US

Credits

🔍 HPE Aruba Networking Engineering Team