Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.9.11/6.10.6 Web-based Management Interface privilege escalation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.9.11/6.10.6. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Web-based Management Interface. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2022-37882. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.9.11/6.10.6 (Policy Management Software). It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown code of the component Web-based Management Interface. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerabilities in the ClearPass Policy Manager web-based management interface allow remote authenticated users to run arbitrary commands on the underlying host. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system leading to complete system compromise in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): 6.10.x: 6.10.6 and below; 6.9.x: 6.9.11 and below. Aruba has released upgrades for Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager that address these security vulnerabilities.

The weakness was disclosed 09/21/2022 as ARUBA-PSA-2022-013. The advisory is shared at arubanetworks.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-37882 since 08/08/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/28/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Policy Management Software

Vendor

• Aruba

Name

• ClearPass Policy Manager

Version

• 6.9.0
• 6.9.1
• 6.9.2
• 6.9.3
• 6.9.4
• 6.9.5
• 6.9.6
• 6.9.7
• 6.9.8
• 6.9.9
• 6.9.10
• 6.9.11
• 6.10.0
• 6.10.1
• 6.10.2
• 6.10.3
• 6.10.4
• 6.10.5
• 6.10.6

License

• commercial

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