What is CVE-2023-25589?

CVE-2023-25589 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-22.

How severe is CVE-2023-25589?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager

CVE-2023-25589

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of ClearPass Policy Manager could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to create arbitrary users on the platform. A successful exploit allows an attacker to achieve total cluster compromise.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2023-03-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager — versions 6.11.0, 6.11.1
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba Clearpass Policy Manager — versions 6.11.1 and below, 6.10.8 and below, 6.9.13 and below

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2023-003.txt (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-25589?: CVE-2023-25589 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-22.
How severe is CVE-2023-25589?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.