HPE ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.14.0 Command Line Interface path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in HPE ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.14.0. It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Command Line Interface. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-79800. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in HPE ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.14.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Command Line Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An authenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in the command line interface of ClearPass Policy Manager. Successful exploitation could allow a low-privileged authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the underlying operating system.

The advisory is shared for download at support.hpe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-79800 since 08/25/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 10/06/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

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
• 6.12
• 6.13
• 6.14.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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