Medium
Local Privilege Escalation in ClearPass Client Software
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the ClearPass client software. Successful exploitation could allow a low-privileged local user to execute commands with elevated privileges on the affected system, if certain conditions outside of the attacker's control are met.
Announced Source revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2026-79813
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-2026-79813
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-2026-79813
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
medium
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #12403 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date