CVE-2026-79812 (GCVE-0-2026-79812)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-06 19:17
Modified
2026-10-07 18:03
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Summary
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the OnGuard agent of HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated local attacker to interrupt the normal operation of the agent service.
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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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