CVE-2021-40996 — Improper Authentication in Clearpass Policy Manager

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication3 documents3 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.76%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy ManagerHewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba Clearpass Policy Manager
Timeline
PublishedOct 15
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A remote authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): ClearPass Policy Manager 6.10.x prior to 6.10.2 - - ClearPass Policy Manager 6.9.x prior to 6.9.7-HF1 - - ClearPass Policy Manager 6.8.x prior to 6.8.9-HF1. Aruba has released patches for ClearPass Policy Manager that address this security vulnerability.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5hewlett_packard_enterprise/aruba_clearpass_policy_managerClearPass Policy Manager 6.10.x prior to 6.10.2 - - ClearPass Policy Manager 6.9.x prior to 6.9.7-HF1 - - ClearPass Policy Manager 6.8.x prior to 6.8.9-HF1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cw38-gx9g-rw57: A remote authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): ClearPass Policy Manager 6↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2021-40996: A remote authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): ClearPass Policy Manager 6↗2021-10-15
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CVE-2021-40996 — Improper Authentication | cvebase