CVE-2026-79803

HIGH 8.8

Authenticated Command Injection Leading to Privilege Escalation in ClearPass Policy Manager API

CVSS Score

8.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

A command injection vulnerability exists in the API of ClearPass Policy Manager. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated remote attacker to escalate privileges and gain administrative control of 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) / ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM)

6.14.0 ≤ 6.14.0 6.11.0 ≤ 6.11.15

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

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

Credits

🔍 Internal security research (HPE Networking).