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CVE-2018-7079· NVD / CVE Program· CNA hpe

Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager guest authorization failure.

Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager guest authorization failure. Certain administrative operations in ClearPass Guest do not properly enforce authorization rules, which allows any authenticated administrative user to execute those operations regardless of privilege level. This could allow low-privilege users to view, modify, or delete guest users. Resolution: Fixed in 6.7.6 and 6.6.10-hotfix.

HighCVSS 7.2 · v3.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Dec 7, 2018
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.9% · 59th percentile
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Action score

28

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CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
arubanetworksclearpass policy manager

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • arubanetworks clearpass policy managerbefore 6.6.10
  • arubanetworks clearpass policy manager6.7.0 and later · before 6.7.6

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (hpe). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager

    • ClearPass 6.7.x prior to 6.7.6, ClearPass 6.6.10 and earlier without hotfix appliedaffected

Same product

arubanetworks: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-7115The ClearPass Policy Manager web interface is affected by a vulnerability that leads to authentication bypass.
    58Plan
  • CVE-2022-23660A remote authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): 6.10.4 and below, 6.9.9 and below,
    41Plan
  • CVE-2022-23658A remote authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): 6.10.4 and below, 6.9.9 and below,
    41Plan
  • CVE-2022-23657A remote authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): 6.10.4 and below, 6.9.9 and below,
    41Plan
  • CVE-2015-4650Aruba Networks ClearPass Policy Manager before 6.4.7 and 6.5.x before 6.5.2 allows remote attackers to gain shell access and execute arbitra
    41Plan
  • CVE-2021-40997A remote authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): ClearPass Policy Manager 6.10.x pr
    40Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager6.7.6 · descriptionVendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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