HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.11.9/6.12.3 Web-based Management Interface improper authentication

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.11.9/6.12.3 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-25039. The attack can be launched 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 6.11.9/6.12.3. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) allows remote authenticated users to run arbitrary commands on the underlying host. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as a lower privileged user on the underlying operating system.

The advisory is available at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-25039 since 01/31/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/04/2025).

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

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Productinfo

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
• 6.12.3

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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