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CVE-2023-25589 (GCVE-0-2023-25589)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-14 14:44 – Updated: 2025-02-27 15:47
VLAI
Title
Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Creation Leads to Complete System Compromise
Summary
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of ClearPass Policy Manager could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to create arbitrary users on the platform. A successful exploit allows an attacker to achieve total cluster compromise.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-27 15:29 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager Affected: 6.11.1 and below
Affected: 6.10.8 and below
Affected: 6.9.13 and below
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Date Public
2023-03-14 19:00
Credits
Daniel Jensen (@dozernz)
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