---
title: "CVE-2026-79796: ClearPass Policy Manager - Authentication Bypass"
description: "ClearPass Policy Manager contains an authentication bypass vulnerability caused by flaws in the affected interface, letting unauthenticated remote attackers gain unauthorized access, exploit requires no special privileges."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-79796/
---

# CVE-2026-79796 ClearPass Policy Manager - Authentication Bypass

ClearPass Policy Manager contains an authentication bypass vulnerability caused by flaws in the affected interface, letting unauthenticated remote attackers gain unauthorized access, exploit requires no special privileges.

CVSS base score 9.8 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.46% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79796)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Broken Authentication

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 version of 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-2026-79796](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79796)
- [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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