Vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM)

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Critical severity: CVSS 9.8

[ Description ]Official description

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.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• CERT-FR7 Oct 2026CERTFR-2026-AVI-1277

  Multiple vulnerabilities in HPE Aruba Networking products Translated from French

  Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in HPE Aruba Networking products. Some of them allow an attacker to cause remote arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation and remote denial of service.

  CVE-2026-76743CVE-2026-79815CVE-2026-79807+34 more CVEs
• BSI CERT-Bund6 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-3762

  Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  CVE-2026-79814CVE-2026-76752CVE-2026-79798+25 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay