CVE-2026-79794 (GCVE-0-2026-79794)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-06 19:16
Modified
2026-10-08 03:55
Severity ?
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A SQL injection vulnerability in the web-based management interface of ClearPass Policy Manager could allow an authenticated remote attacker to conduct SQL injection attacks against the ClearPass Policy Manager instance. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to run arbitrary database commands.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) Version: 6.14.0   ≤ 6.14.0
Version: 6.11.0   ≤ 6.11.15
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