Vulnerability · Published Mar 14, 2023 · Assigned by hpe

CVE-2023-25589Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Creation Leads to Complete System Compromise

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity missing authentication in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager 6.11.1 and below6.10.8 and below6.9.13 and below

Weakness: CWE-306 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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