CVE-2026-79806: high-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ClearPass…
Authenticated Local Privilege Escalation in ClearPass Policy Manager OnGuard Linux Agent
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.8epss 0.1%
exploitation probability
0.1%top 99% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) · ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM)Related CVEs — Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ClearPass…
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CVE-2026-79802HIGHCommand Injection Vulnerability in the ClearPass Policy Manager Client SoftwareEPSS 1.1%CVE-2026-73769HIGHAuthenticated Remote Code Execution in CPPM Web InterfaceEPSS 1.1%CVE-2026-73787HIGHAuthenticated Arbitrary File Write allows Remote Code Execution via CPPM Web InterfaceEPSS 0.8%CVE-2026-79803HIGHAuthenticated Command Injection Leading to Privilege Escalation in ClearPass Policy Manager APIEPSS 0.7%CVE-2026-79801CRITICALUnauthenticated Missing Integrity Verification allows Remote Code Execution in ClearPass Policy Manager Client AgentEPSS 0.6%CVE-2026-79815MEDIUMAuthenticated Command Injection Vulnerability in the ClearPass Policy Manager OnGuard AgentEPSS 0.6%