{"id":"CVE-2026-79813","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-79813","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:08:25.057Z","title":"A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the ClearPass client software.","description":"A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the ClearPass client software. Successful exploitation could allow a low-privileged local user to execute commands with elevated privileges on the affected system, if certain conditions outside of the attacker's control are met.","published":"2026-10-06T20:17:33.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-08T04:17:52.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"security-alert@hpe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.7,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00083,"percentile":0.00232,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-07","score":0.00093,"percentile":0.00516}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.08%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-06T20:17:33.000Z","detail":{"score":"6.7","severity":"MEDIUM","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T20:17:32.967Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 6.7)."}],"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-2026-79813","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."}