Affects HPE Aruba ClearPass, a widely deployed enterprise NAC product; exploitation can disrupt network access, expose credentials, and enable privilege escalation or RCE across organizations.
CVE-2026-79805
Authenticated path traversal in HPE Aruba ClearPass allows OS file read/modify.
Is CVE-2026-79805 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-79805 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.36% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-79805?
CVE-2026-79805 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-79805?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-79805, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-79805 affect?
CVE-2026-79805 affects HPE Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-79805?
Restrict management access, monitor logs, rotate creds, and apply vendor patch when released.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated attacker can read and modify OS files, enabling credential theft, config tampering, privilege escalation, or potential remote code execution.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 6.14.0
- affected>= 6.11.0 and <= 6.11.15
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.