CVE-2026-79813

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the ClearPass client software. Successful exploitation could allow a low-privileged local user to execute commands with elevated privileges on the affected system, if certain conditions outside of the attacker's control are met.

CVSS 3.1

6.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 0% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-269

Published

2026-10-06

Modified

2026-10-08

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05158en_us&docLocale=en_US

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