- Critical 9.8
CVE-2026-79796
Vulnerabilities have been identified in the affected interface of ClearPass Policy Manager that could potentially allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.
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The facts
- Published
- 6 October 2026
- Last changed
- 8 October 2026
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
- Severity
- Critical, CVSS 9.8 out of 10 (version 3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- Known exploited
- Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue in this build.
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days (percentile 39).
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