CVE-2025-23060
Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager 6.11.0 – 6.11.10
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2025-23060 is a medium-severity Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information (CWE-319) vulnerability in Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager. Its CVSS base score is 6.6 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Network Sniffing (T1040); ranked at the 13th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-8 (Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-23060 is a vulnerability in HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager that may, under certain circumstances, expose sensitive unencrypted information. Classified under CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information), it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.6 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and was published on 2025-02-04.
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network by an attacker possessing high privileges (PR:H), though it requires high attack complexity (AC:H) and no user interaction (UI:N). Successful exploitation enables a man-in-the-middle attack, potentially granting unauthorized access to network resources and allowing data tampering, with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation details are available in the HPE advisory at https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw04784en_us&docLocale=en_US.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3103
Vulnerability Data
A vulnerability in HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager may, under certain circumstances, expose sensitive unencrypted information. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, potentially granting unauthorized access to network resources as well as enabling…
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data tampering.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SC-8 directly requires protecting confidentiality of transmitted information, which structurally eliminates cleartext transmission of sensitive data.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Encryption of data-in-transit directly prevents cleartext transmission while the control also addresses integrity and availability.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Specifying encryption and other security technology for network services prevents transmission of sensitive information in cleartext over potentially untrusted channels.
Mandating cryptographic protection and stronger authentication on public networks stops the transmission of plaintext sensitive information.
Specifying communications-security requirements and secure remote-access methods (including encryption expectations) prevents the transmission of sensitive data in cleartext over home or public networks.
Armoured conduits, electromagnetic shielding and locked enclosures make passive eavesdropping on unencrypted traffic traversing the cables more difficult, mitigating exposure of sensitive data in transit.