HPE ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.11.15/6.14.0 Client Agent integrity check

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HPE ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.11.15/6.14.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Client Agent. The manipulation results in integrity check. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-79801. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in HPE ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.11.15/6.14.0. Affected is an unknown code of the component Client Agent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integrity check vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-354. The product does not validate or incorrectly validates the integrity check values or "checksums" of a message. This may prevent it from detecting if the data has been modified or corrupted in transmission. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A missing integrity verification vulnerability in the client agent software of HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to introduce untrusted code. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected client system.

The advisory is available at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-79801 since 08/25/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 10/06/2026).

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

• ClearPass Policy Manager

Version

• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.4
• 6.5
• 6.6
• 6.7
• 6.8
• 6.9
• 6.10
• 6.11
• 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
• 6.11.10
• 6.11.11
• 6.11.12
• 6.11.13
• 6.11.14
• 6.11.15
• 6.12
• 6.13
• 6.14.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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