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title: "CVE-2026-79800: ClearPass Policy Manager - Path Traversal & Privilege Escalation"
description: "ClearPass Policy Manager contains a path traversal caused by improper input validation in the command line interface, letting low-privileged authenticated remote attackers execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-79800/
---

# CVE-2026-79800 ClearPass Policy Manager - Path Traversal & Privilege Escalation

ClearPass Policy Manager contains a path traversal caused by improper input validation in the command line interface, letting low-privileged authenticated remote attackers execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.62% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79800)

## Details

Type

Path Traversal

Impact

Remote Code Execution, Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

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

Published

6 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-22](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.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-2026-79800](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79800)
- [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
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