MajorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-79800 (CVSS 8.8)

NVD · officialPublished Oct 6, 2026Risk 37/100

An authenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in the command line interface of ClearPass Policy Manager. Successful exploitation could allow a low-privileged authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the underlying operating system.

Technical details

CVSS

8.8

AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:LowUI:NoneC:HighI:HighA:High

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