HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.11.9/6.12.2 Web-based Management Interface os command injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.11.9/6.12.2. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-51771. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.11.9/6.12.2. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager web-based management interface could allow an authenticated remote threat actor to conduct a remote code execution attack. Successful exploitation could enable the attacker to run arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system.

The weakness was disclosed by Daniel Jensen. It is possible to read the advisory at support.hpe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-51771 since 11/01/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/08/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212131 (Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager <= 6.12.x < 6.12.2 / 6.11.x < 6.11.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (212131). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Policy Management Software

Vendor

• HPE

Name

• Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager

Version

• 6.11.0
• 6.11.1
• 6.11.2
• 6.11.3
• 6.11.4
• 6.11.5
• 6.11.6
• 6.11.7
• 6.11.8
• 6.11.9
• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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