CVE-2023-25590 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-25590

Local Privilege Escalation in ClearPass OnGuard Linux Agent

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the ClearPass OnGuard Linux agent could allow malicious users on a Linux instance to elevate their user privileges to those of a higher role. A successful exploit allows malicious users to execute arbitrary code with root level privileges on the Linux instance.

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

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Luke Young (bugcrowd.com/bored_engineer)

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Affected Vendor

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

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Affected Software

Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager
Vulnerable Versions:
6.11.1 and below, 6.10.8 and below, 6.9.13 and below

Timeline

Official Publish: March 14th, 2023
Last Modified: February 27th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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.