CVE-2022-43538 (GCVE-0-2022-43538)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-03 20:05 – Updated: 2025-04-10 15:21
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Summary
Vulnerabilities in the ClearPass Policy Manager web-based management interface allow remote authenticated users to run arbitrary commands on the underlying host. Successful exploits could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system leading to complete system compromise in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): ClearPass Policy Manager 6.10.x: 6.10.7 and below and ClearPass Policy Manager 6.9.x: 6.9.12 and below.
Severity ?
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
hpe
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager Affected: ClearPass Policy Manager 6.10.x: 6.10.7 and below, ClearPass Policy Manager 6.9.x: 6.9.12 and below
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