High
Authenticated Local Privilege Escalation in ClearPass Policy Manager OnGuard Linux Agent
A privilege escalation vulnerability in the ClearPass Policy Manager OnGuard Linux agent could allow malicious users on a Linux instance to elevate their user privileges. A successful exploit allows a malicious user to escalate to root privileges on the affected Linux client.
Announced Source revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2026-79806
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-79806
ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM)
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)",
"product": "ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM)",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "6.14.0",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.14.0"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "6.11.0",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.11.15"
}
],
"defaultStatus": "affected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-79806
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #12396 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date