CVE-2020-7115
The ClearPass Policy Manager web interface is affected by a vulnerability that leads to authentication bypass. Upon successful bypass an…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 64.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The ClearPass Policy Manager web interface is affected by a vulnerability that leads to authentication bypass. Upon successful bypass an attacker could then execute an exploit that would allow to remote command execution in the underlying operating system. Resolution: Fixed in 6.7.13-HF, 6.8.5-HF, 6.8.6, 6.9.1 and higher.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager 6.7.0 - Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 48661remote, linuxpublished 10 Jul 2020Not verified
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Timeline
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- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 64.6% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
ClearPass Policy Manager
- affected ClearPass 6.9.x prior to 6.9.1 ClearPass 6.8.x prior to 6.8.5-HF ClearPass 6.7.x prior to 6.7.13-HF
References
References2
- https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2020-005.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158368/ClearPass-Policy-Manager-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-28249 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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