CVE-2026-23599 (GCVE-0-2026-23599)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-17 23:04 – Updated: 2026-02-18 13:43
VLAI?
Title
Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in HPE Aruba Networking Clear Pass Policy Manager OnGuard for Linux
Summary
A local privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in the HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass OnGuard Software for Linux. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privileges.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
hpe
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager Affected: 6.12.0 , ≤ 6.12.7 (semver)
Affected: 6.11.0 , ≤ 6.11.13 (semver)
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Credits
HPE Aruba Networking Engineering Team
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