Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-40988

High

Published: 15 October 2021

Published
15 October 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0548 90.4th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-40988 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 9.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A remote directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): ClearPass Policy Manager 6.10.x prior to 6.10.2 - - ClearPass Policy Manager 6.9.x prior to 6.9.7-HF1 - - ClearPass Policy Manager 6.8.x prior to 6.8.9-HF1. Aruba has…

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released patches for ClearPass Policy Manager that address this security vulnerability.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

arubanetworks
clearpass policy manager
6.8.9, 6.9.7 · 6.8.0 — 6.8.9 · 6.9.0 — 6.9.7 · 6.10.0 — 6.10.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References