CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2018-7058 — Hp Aruba Clearpass Policy Manager security vulnerability
Aruba ClearPass, all versions of 6.6.x prior to 6.6.9 are affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability, an attacker can leverage this vulnerability to gain administrator privileges on the system. The vulnerability is exposed only on ClearPass web interfaces, including administrative, guest captive portal, and API. Customers who do not expose ClearPass web interfaces to untrusted users are impacted to a lesser extent.
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.8 (3.0)
- Published
- 2018-08-06
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Affected products
- hp / aruba_clearpass_policy_manager
Matched remediation archetype
Authentication bypass and missing authentication
This catalog composition supplies bounded fallback guidance. Explicitly reviewed curated workflows load with the complete record below.
Check exposure
- Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
- Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
- Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.
Remediate safely
- Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
- Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
- Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.
Authoritative sources
Complete CVE record and remediation plan
The detailed catalog view below loads this exact record, its source evidence, and the full seven-phase agentic change plan.