CVE-2026-79806 in ClearPass Policy Manager

Riassunto

di MITRE • 06/10/2026

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.

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• Responsabile: Hpe
• Prenotare: 25/08/2026
• Divulgazione: 06/10/2026
• Moderazione: accettato
• Voce: VDB-414562
• CPE: 20261006
• CWE: CWE-269 (confermato)
• CVSS: 7.8 (CNA)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: no
• Attività: molto basso
• Settore: Pharma, Government, ...

Fonti

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79806
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79806
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-79806/