What is CVE-2022-37879?

CVE-2022-37879 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2022-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2022-37879?

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

RCE in Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager

CVE-2022-37879

Vulnerabilities in the ClearPass Policy Manager web-based management interface allow remote authenticated users to run arbitrary commands on the underlying host. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system leading to complete system compromise in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): 6.10.x: 6.10.6 and below; 6.9.x: 6.9.11 and below. Aruba has released upgrades for Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager that address these security vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.014 (70.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Arubanetworks Clearpass_policy_manager
N/a Aruba Clearpass Policy Manager — versions 6.10.x: 6.10.6 and below, 6.9.x: 6.9.11 and below

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-37879?: CVE-2022-37879 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2022-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2022-37879?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.