What is CVE-2018-7079?

CVE-2018-7079 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2018-12-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-7079?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager

CVE-2018-7079

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.009 (57.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Arubanetworks Clearpass_policy_manager
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba Clearpass Policy Manager — versions ClearPass 6.7.x prior to 6.7.6, ClearPass 6.6.10 and earlier without hotfix applied

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

security-alert@hpe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7079?: CVE-2018-7079 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2018-12-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-7079?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.