CVE-2023-43506 (GCVE-0-2023-43506)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-24 18:08
Modified
2024-09-11 17:50
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager Version: ClearPass Policy Manager 6.11.x: 6.11.4 and below   ≤ <=6.11.4
Version: ClearPass Policy Manager 6.10.x: 6.10.8 with ClearPass 6.10.8 Cumulative Hotfix Patch 5 and below
Version: ClearPass Policy Manager 6.9.x: 6.9.13 with ClearPass 6.9.13 Cumulative Hotfix Patch 3 and below
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