๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-79796

CRITICAL 9.8

Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities in ClearPass Policy Manager

CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Vulnerabilities have been identified in the affected interface of ClearPass Policy Manager that could potentially allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.

Vendor hewlett packard enterprise (hpe)
Product clearpass policy manager (cppm)
Published Oct 6, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) / ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM)
6.14.0 โ‰ค 6.14.0 6.11.0 โ‰ค 6.11.15

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
support.hpe.com: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05158en_us&docLocale=en_US

Credits

๐Ÿ” Internal security research (HPE Networking).