CVE-2026-79806

published 2026-10-06

CVE-2026-79806: A privilege escalation vulnerability in the ClearPass Policy Manager OnGuard Linux agent could allow malicious users on a Linux instance to elevate their user…

Priority P3 44 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

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 privileges on the affected Linux client.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
hewlett_packard_enterprise	clearpass_policy_manager	6.11.0 – 6.11.15	—
hewlett_packard_enterprise	clearpass_policy_manager	6.14.0 – 6.14.0	—

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