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title: "CVE-2026-76752: HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager - Authentication Bypass"
description: "HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager contains an authentication bypass caused by flaws in web-based management and API interfaces, letting unauthenticated remote attackers gain administrative access, exploit requires no authentication."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-76752/
---

# CVE-2026-76752 HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager - Authentication Bypass

HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager contains an authentication bypass caused by flaws in web-based management and API interfaces, letting unauthenticated remote attackers gain administrative access, exploit requires no authentication.

CVSS base score 9.8 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.47% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76752)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

6 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-287](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest available version.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76752](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76752)
- [https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05158en\_us&docLocale=en\_US](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05158en_us&docLocale=en_US)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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