{"id":"CVE-2026-79796","title":"Vulnerabilities have been identified in the affected interface of ClearPass Policy Manager that could potentially allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls","summary":"Vulnerabilities have been identified in the affected interface of ClearPass Policy Manager that could potentially allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allo…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)","product":"ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM)","affected":["clearpass_policy_manager_cppm >= 6.14.0 <= 6.14.0","clearpass_policy_manager_cppm >= 6.11.0 <= 6.11.15"],"published":"2026-10-06","updated":"2026-10-06","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-06T20:17:31.083","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79796","references":[{"url":"https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05158en_us&docLocale=en_US","label":"security-alert@hpe.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-06T20:16:42.507Z","slug":"CVE-2026-79796","body":"## Overview\n\nVulnerabilities have been identified in the affected interface of ClearPass Policy Manager that could potentially allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}