CVE-2018-7079 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2018-7079

Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager guest authorization failure. Certain administrative operations...

Vulnerability Description

Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager guest authorization failure. Certain administrative operations in ClearPass Guest do not properly enforce authorization rules, which allows any authenticated administrative user to execute those operations regardless of privilege level. This could allow low-privilege users to view, modify, or delete guest users. Resolution: Fixed in 6.7.6 and 6.6.10-hotfix.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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Affected Software

Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager
Vulnerable Versions:
ClearPass 6.7.x prior to 6.7.6, ClearPass 6.6.10 and earlier without hotfix applied

Timeline

Official Publish: December 7th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.