{"id":"CVE-2026-79796","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-79796","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:50:33.625Z","title":"Vulnerabilities have been identified in the affected interface of ClearPass Policy Manager that could potentially allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls.","description":"Vulnerabilities have been identified in the affected interface of ClearPass Policy Manager that could potentially allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.","published":"2026-10-06T20:17:31.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-08T04:17:43.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"security-alert@hpe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00466,"percentile":0.40082,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-07","score":0.00472,"percentile":0.38877}]},"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 (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-06T20:17:31.000Z","detail":{"score":"9.8","severity":"CRITICAL","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T20:17:31.083Z"},"summary":"New CVE, critical severity (CVSS 9.8)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05158en_us&docLocale=en_US","source":"security-alert@hpe.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79796","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."}