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ClearPass Policy Manager EUVDEUVD-2026-93884

| CVE-2026-79797 HIGH
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-10-06 security-alert@hpe.com GHSA-4325-q6rc-wccx
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: hpe
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Lure victim with malicious app or link
  2. Exploit
    Untrusted source invokes exported client functionality
  3. Execution
    Victim interaction triggers access-control bypass
  4. Impact
    Sensitive information disclosed to attacker

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the HPE ClearPass Policy Manager Android client application to be installed on the victim's device, plus the presence of an untrusted source (a malicious co-installed app, or attacker-crafted intent/deep link/content) that can invoke the client's improperly access-controlled functionality. Victim user interaction is mandatory (UI:R) - the user must engage with the attacker-supplied content for the access-control bypass to fire. Limiting factors: the attack targets only end-user mobile devices running this specific Android client (not the ClearPass server), it yields information disclosure rather than system compromise, and the required user interaction plus app-installation prerequisite reduce exploitation reliability. The 'remote' characterization likely depends on an Android inter-component/deep-link delivery path rather than direct internet-facing exposure - confirm the precise delivery mechanism with HPE advisory hpesbnw05158en_us.

Impact

The input CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.8 (High) with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, but this vector is internally inconsistent with the description: the description states only that an attacker could 'obtain sensitive information,' which is a pure confidentiality impact, yet the vector claims High integrity AND High availability impact. The I:H/A:H ratings appear overstated and inflate the score - a confidentiality-only information-disclosure flaw would more realistically score in the mid-6 range. There is no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit code referenced, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' Exploitation also requires user interaction (UI:R), which meaningfully lowers real-world attacker reliability versus a zero-click bug. The 'remote' (AV:N) label combined with an Android client-app improper-access-control bug ('functionality may be invoked by untrusted sources') is ambiguous - this pattern typically reflects a malicious co-installed app or a crafted deep link/intent rather than classic internet-facing network reachability; verify the true attack vector (AV:N vs AV:L) with HPE advisory hpesbnw05158en_us. Net assessment: a credible but not urgent issue - no evidence of active exploitation, user interaction required, impact likely limited to information disclosure, affecting only users of the ClearPass Android client rather than the ClearPass server itself. Prioritize patching mobile clients but this is not a drop-everything server-side emergency.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker publishes a malicious Android app (or crafts a malicious link/intent) that invokes exported functionality of the HPE ClearPass Policy Manager Android client. When a legitimate user with the ClearPass app installed interacts with the malicious content, the untrusted source triggers application functionality that leaks sensitive information back to the attacker. No authenticated session or elevated privileges are needed, but the victim must perform some interaction; no public proof-of-concept exploit has been identified.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 06, 2026

Information disclosure in the HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager Android client application allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to invoke improperly access-controlled application functionality from an untrusted source, potentially exposing sensitive information held on or accessible to the victim's mobile device. Exploitation requires the ClearPass Android client to be installed plus mandatory victim interaction (UI:R) with attacker-supplied content - for example a malicious co-installed app, crafted intent, deep link, or content - so delivery likely relies on an Android inter-component path rather than direct internet-facing exposure, and no public exploit was identified at time of analysis. Note that the vendor-supplied CVSS 3.1 vector (8.8, C:H/I:H/A:H) overstates the issue relative to the described confidentiality-only impact; our independent assessment limits the score to AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

RemediationAI

Apply the fixed ClearPass Policy Manager Android client version that HPE publishes under advisory hpesbnw05158en_us (https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05158en_us&docLocale=en_US); no fixed version number was specified in the provided intelligence, so treat that bulletin as the authoritative source before claiming any build is patched. Until a patched client is deployed, the most effective compensating controls target the two prerequisites: (1) eliminate the untrusted-source side by enforcing mobile threat defense/Play Protect and restricting sideloaded or unknown-source applications on managed Android devices - the trade-off is administrative overhead and potential blocking of legitimate internal apps; and (2) reduce the UI:R trigger through user awareness and, where the client's onboarding flow permits it, disabling automatic deep-link/intent auto-open or restricting which sources may hand off URLs to the client - this can break SSO or network onboarding convenience flows. Because impact is confidentiality-only and requires user interaction, uninstalling the client on highly sensitive devices is a valid but disruptive last resort that removes ClearPass-based network onboarding. Monitor the HPE bulletin for a released client build and re-scan installed client versions; no vendor-released patch version was identified at time of analysis.

Affected VersionsENISA

ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) 6.11.0 ≤6.11.15
ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) 6.14.0 ≤6.14.0

Affected Packages

euvd clearpass_policy_manager_cppm no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerable code runs inside the HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager Android client - an end-user onboarding/authentication app used to connect devices to ClearPass-managed networks - and not inside the ClearPass Policy Manager server. The description assigns the root cause to 'improper access control', which on Android typically manifests as an under-protected exported application component: an exported Activity, Service, BroadcastReceiver, or ContentProvider, or an unvalidated intent/deep-link handler, that treats a caller or an incoming Intent/Parcelable as trusted. Because any co-installed application (or an attacker-crafted implicit intent, deep link, or content URI) can reach such a component, an untrusted source can drive the client's privileged functionality and read back data the user did not intend to disclose. The CVSS vector confirms network reachability with no privileges required (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N) but mandates user interaction (UI:R), which matches an inter-component delivery model in which the device owner must be induced to engage with attacker-controlled content; the assessment also confirms the impact is confidentiality-only (I:N/A:N), contradicting the provided C:H/I:H/A:H. No CWE identifier and no CPE strings were supplied in the available intelligence, so the exact vulnerable component and affected client build numbers must be taken from HPE security bulletin hpesbnw05158en_us.

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Severity by source

Vendor (hpe) PRIMARY 8.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Description states only information disclosure, so C:H but I:N/A:N (correcting the input's overstated I:H/A:H); user interaction required (UI:R), no auth (PR:N); AV:N retained per vendor though a local/deep-link path is plausible.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (hpe).

CVSS VectorVendor: hpe

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

An improper access control vulnerability exists in the Android client application for HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager, where application functionality may be invoked by untrusted sources. Successful exploitation could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker, with user interaction, to obtain sensitive information from the affected user.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

HPE Networking's ClearPass Policy Manager Android client carries an information-disclosure weakness that could expose sensitive data stored on or reachable through an employee's mobile device. Exploitation is not trivial: it requires the app to be installed and the user to interact with attacker-supplied content such as a malicious co-installed app or crafted deep link, and no public exploit is currently identified. The practical exposure is therefore concentrated among mobile staff who run this client on personal or shared devices, making this a containment and mobile-hardening issue rather than an active incident requiring immediate escalation.

Business Impact: Medium
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: restrict the ClearPass Android client to MDM-managed profiles and corporate-owned devices, block sideloading and unknown-source installs, disable unnecessary deep-link and inter-app invocation paths, remove the app from devices where it is not operationally required, and enable mobile threat defense monitoring for anomalous inter-component or data-exfiltration activity.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 80% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise NAC product, but mobile client is a smaller deployed subset
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
Medium
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

44
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +44
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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