CVE-2026-79805

CRITICAL 9.8

Authenticated Path Traversal Vulnerability Leads to Unauthorized File Access and Modification in ClearPass Policy Manager

CVSS Score

9.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

An authenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in ClearPass Policy Manager. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to read and modify certain files on the underlying operating 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 ≤ 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).