# CVE-2020-7119: Privilege escalation in Aruba ALE ClearPass C1000 S-1200 R4 HW-Based Appliance

> An authenticated admin can escalate privileges to modify files as a privileged OS user on Aruba ALE appliances.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Sep 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2gvr-mfrj-8q6g

## What is CVE-2020-7119?

CVE-2020-7119 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Aruba ALE ClearPass C1000 S-1200 R4 HW-Based Appliance, published on 4 Sep 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability exists in the Aruba Analytics and Location Engine (ALE) web management interface 2.1.0.2 and earlier firmware that allows an already authenticated administrative user to arbitrarily modify files as an underlying privileged operating system user.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7119?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Arubanetworks Analytics and Location Engine.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-7119?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7119 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-7119 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7119 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Aruba ALE ClearPass C1000 S-1200 R4 HW-Based Appliance

- [CVE-2026-76708](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76708/): Unauthenticated Remote Unauthorized Access Vulnerability in HPE Networking Analytics and Location Engine (ALE) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-76709](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76709/): Unauthenticated Remote Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability in HPE Networking Analytics and Location Engine (ALE) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-76710](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76710/): Information disclosure in ALE (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-76711](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76711/): Unauthenticated Remote Data Injection Vulnerability in HPE Networking Analytics and Location Engine (ALE) (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-76712](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76712/): Information disclosure in ALE (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-7119 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-7119 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Aruba ALE ClearPass C1000 S-1200 R4 HW-Based Appliance, published on 4 Sep 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7119 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Aruba ALE ClearPass C1000 S-1200 R4 HW-Based Appliance. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7119/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7119/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7119
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7119
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7119

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7119/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.