{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-79818 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-79818 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-79818 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM), published on 6 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-79818 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-79818 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM), published on 6 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-79818 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-79818/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-79818/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-79818","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-79818/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-79818","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-cr9w-rx83-m757"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_read","security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Network access control","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can bypass API authentication to access sensitive information in HPE ClearPass Policy Manager.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"hpe","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":5.3,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-306","name":"Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality"}],"description":"A vulnerability in an API interface of ClearPass Policy Manager could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from the affected system.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Authentication Bypass in the API Interface Allows Unauthorized Information Disclosure in ClearPass Policy Manager","id":"CVE-2026-79818","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Auth bypass in HPE Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) 7","id":"CVE-2026-79820"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Local Disclosure of Sensitive Information in HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager Client Software","id":"CVE-2026-79817"},"products":["ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM)"],"published":"2026-10-06","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-07","vendors":["Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can bypass API authentication to access sensitive information in HPE ClearPass Policy Manager.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-79818/"}