{"id":"CVE-2018-7059","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-7059","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:48:29.856Z","title":"Aruba ClearPass prior to 6.6.9 has a vulnerability in the API that helps to coordinate cluster actions.","description":"Aruba ClearPass prior to 6.6.9 has a vulnerability in the API that helps to coordinate cluster actions. An authenticated user with the \"mon\" permission could use this vulnerability to obtain cluster credentials which could allow privilege escalation. This vulnerability is only present when authenticated as a user with \"mon\" permission.","published":"2018-08-06T20:29:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:02:36.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-alert@hpe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["hp/aruba clearpass policy manager"],"epss":{"score":0.01113,"percentile":0.65814,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2018-003.txt","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-alert@hpe.com"},{"url":"https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2018-003.txt","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7059","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}