CVE-2022-43538 is a critical vulnerability in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager versions 6.10.7 and below, and 6.9.12 and below, allowing remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying host. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise potential (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability). Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.9.0, < 6.9.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:clearpass_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.10.0, < 6.10.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:arubanetworks:clearpass_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.