MinorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-79806 (CVSS 7.8)

NVD · officialPublished Oct 6, 2026Risk 23/100

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.

Technical details

CVSS

7.8

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

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