CVE-2023-43506

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 14 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.23% (14th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

11 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-alert@hpe.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269US

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager <= 6.10.8 Cumulative Hotfix Patch 5all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:arubanetworks:clearpass_policy_manager:6.10.8_cumulative_hotfix_patch_5
Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager <= 6.11.4all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:arubanetworks:clearpass_policy_manager:6.11.4
Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager <= 6.9.13 Cumulative Hotfix Patch 3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:arubanetworks:clearpass_policy_manager:6.9.13_cumulative_hotfix_patch_3
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager≤ ClearPass Policy Manager 6.9.x: 6.9.13 with ClearPass 6.9.13 Cumulative Hotfix Patch 3 and belowenisa_euvdEU
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager≤ ClearPass Policy Manager 6.10.x: 6.10.8 with ClearPass 6.10.8 Cumulative Hotfix Patch 5 and belowenisa_euvdEU
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager≤ ClearPass Policy Manager 6.11.x: 6.11.4 and below ≤≤6.11.4enisa_euvdEU
arubanetworks clearpass policy manager< 6.9.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:clearpass_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arubanetworks clearpass policy manager6.10.0 → 6.10.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:clearpass_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arubanetworks clearpass policy manager= 6.10.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:clearpass_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arubanetworks clearpass policy manager6.11.0 → 6.11.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:clearpass_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arubanetworks clearpass policy manager= 6.9.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:clearpass_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2734Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-10-24csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Dateien zu manipulieren oder vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-10-25modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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