CVE-2022-43538 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Vulnerabilities in the ClearPass Policy Manager web-based management interface allow remote authenticated users to run arbitrary commands on the underlying host. Successful exploits could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system leading to complete system compromise in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): ClearPass Policy Manager 6.10.x: 6.10.7 and below and ClearPass Policy Manager 6.9.x: 6.9.12 and below.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Arubanetworks	Clearpass Policy Manager

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:clearpass_policy_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:clearpass_policy_manager::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2022-020.txt

History

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hpe

Published: 2023-01-03T20:05:57.678Z

Updated: 2025-04-10T15:21:09.607Z

Reserved: 2022-10-20T12:58:24.598Z

Link: CVE-2022-43538

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:32:59.545Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-05T07:15:13.850

Modified: 2025-04-10T16:15:25.367

Link: CVE-2022-43538

Redhat

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