CVE-2023-25590 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A vulnerability in the ClearPass OnGuard Linux agent could allow malicious users on a Linux instance to elevate their user privileges to those of a higher role. A successful exploit allows malicious users to execute arbitrary code with root level privileges on the Linux instance.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00045.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Arubanetworks	Clearpass Policy Manager
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:clearpass_policy_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:clearpass_policy_manager::::::::
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	cpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:clearpass_policy_manager:6.11.1:::::::*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +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: 2023-03-14T14:47:56.899Z

Updated: 2025-02-27T15:13:47.661Z

Reserved: 2023-02-07T20:24:22.479Z

Link: CVE-2023-25590

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:25:19.323Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-22T06:15:09.927

Modified: 2025-02-27T16:15:36.647

Link: CVE-2023-25590

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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