{"id":"CVE-2026-79806","title":"A privilege escalation vulnerability in the ClearPass Policy Manager OnGuard Linux agent could allow malicious users on a Linux instance to elevate their user privileges","summary":"A privilege escalation vulnerability in the ClearPass Policy Manager OnGuard Linux agent could allow malicious users on a Linux instance to elevate their user privileges. A successful exploit allows a malicious user to escalate to root p…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-269"],"vendor":"Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)","product":"ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM)","affected":["clearpass_policy_manager_cppm >= 6.14.0 <= 6.14.0","clearpass_policy_manager_cppm >= 6.11.0 <= 6.11.15"],"published":"2026-10-06","updated":"2026-10-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-08T04:17:50.280","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79806","references":[{"url":"https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05158en_us&docLocale=en_US","label":"security-alert@hpe.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-07T18:16:04.219442Z"},"epss":0.00098,"epssPercentile":0.00764,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-06T20:16:42.504Z","slug":"CVE-2026-79806","body":"## Overview\n\nA privilege escalation vulnerability in the ClearPass Policy Manager OnGuard Linux agent could allow malicious users on a Linux instance to elevate their user privileges. A successful exploit allows a malicious user to escalate to root privileges on the affected Linux client.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}