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title: "CVE-2026-76753: HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager - Remote Code Execution"
description: "HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager contains a format string vulnerability in a service interface, letting unauthenticated remote attackers corrupt process memory and execute arbitrary code, exploit requires no special privileges."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-76753/
---

# CVE-2026-76753 HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager - Remote Code Execution

HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager contains a format string vulnerability in a service interface, letting unauthenticated remote attackers corrupt process memory and execute arbitrary code, exploit requires no special privileges.

CVSS base score 9.8 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.53% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76753)

## Details

Type

Remote Code Execution

Impact

Remote Code Execution

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-134](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/134.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager.

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-2026-76753](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76753)
- [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 you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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