An authenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in ClearPass Policy Manager
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) · ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM)
The flaw is a path traversal vulnerability in the ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) product from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, where a pathname is not properly restricted to a permitted directory. An attacker with valid authentication to the product could read and modify certain files on the underlying operating system.
An authenticated path traversal vulnerability exists in ClearPass Policy Manager. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to read and modify certain files on the underlying operating system.
- Exploited
- Not confirmed
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 0/15
Exploitation timelineDated milestones for a CVE: when it was disclosed, when exploit code became public, when exploitation was confirmed, and when threat reports named it.
Disclosed on 6 Oct 2026. No public exploit code or confirmed exploitation is recorded.
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No techniques linkedNo ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.
What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 8 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
- Known_Cve | Oct 15, 2026 | Part 1/314 Oct 2026
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- Known_Cve | Oct 13, 2026 | Part 1/212 Oct 2026
- Known_Cve | Oct 12, 2026 | Part 1/211 Oct 2026
- Known_Cve | Oct 11, 2026 | Part 1/210 Oct 2026
- Known_Cve | Oct 10, 2026 | Part 2/29 Oct 2026
- 2 more on OTX