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Recent Cisco Identity Services Engine Software Security Advisories

Advisory Title Published
2022-11-02 Cisco Identity Services Engine Software Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability November 2, 2022

By the Year

In 2026 there have been 56 vulnerabilities in Cisco Identity Services Engine Software with an average score of 6.7 out of ten. Last year, in 2025 Identity Services Engine Software had 9 security vulnerabilities published. That is, 47 more vulnerabilities have already been reported in 2026 as compared to last year. However, the average CVE base score of the vulnerabilities in 2026 is greater by 0.23.




Year Vulnerabilities Average Score
2026 56 6.69
2025 9 6.46
2024 0 0.00
2023 2 7.40
2022 0 0.00
2021 9 5.43
2020 2 0.00
2019 18 0.00
2018 5 7.00

It may take a day or so for new Identity Services Engine Software vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilities. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.

Recent Cisco Identity Services Engine Software Security Vulnerabilities

SQLi in Cisco ISE REST API monitoring DB
CVE-2026-76426 4.9 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct SQL injection attacks against the monitoring database. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of specific parameters that are then concatenated into an SQL statement. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request that contains SQL statements in one of the affected parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read information from the monitoring database. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

SQL Injection

Cisco ISE Directory Traversal Deletion Vulnerability (CVE-2026-76431)
CVE-2026-76431 4.9 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the file management function of the web-based management interface of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to delete arbitrary files and directories on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of directory traversal character sequences in a user-supplied file path before the request is validated. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files and directories on the underlying operating system of the affected device.

Directory traversal

Cisco ISE Offline Profiler XML External Entity Read Arbitrary File
CVE-2026-76427 4.9 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the offline profiler feed service of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read arbitrary files that are stored on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to the parsing of attacker-controlled feed metadata with an XML parser that does not disable external entity resolution. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted offline feed package through the administrative interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files from the file system and issue requests to internal systems from the affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

XXE

Cisco ISE OCSP Responder Unauth Reload Vulnerability
CVE-2026-76447 5.3 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) responder of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an administrative reload of the OCSP responder certificate and key material. This vulnerability is due to missing authentication on a function of the OCSP responder. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the OCSP responder to reload certificate and key material on demand.

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Auth Bypass in Cisco ISE Admin Interface
CVE-2026-20285 4.3 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to modify parts of the configuration on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to the lack of server-side validation of Administrator permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify descriptions of files on a specific page. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid Administrator credentials.

AuthZ

Cisco ISE Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269)
CVE-2026-20287 6.5 - Medium - September 16, 2026

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) engineering teams have conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20287 are related to improper privilege managment issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-269.

Improper Privilege Management

Cisco ISE Web Interface Authenticated Remote Config Modification
CVE-2026-20286 4.3 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identify Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to modify parts of the configuration on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to the lack of server-side validation of Administrator permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify descriptions of files on a specific page. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid Administrator credentials.

AuthZ

Cisco ISE Web UI Auth Bypass Exposing User Passwords
CVE-2026-20072 4.9 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to obtain sensitive information from network users that are outside the security group that the attacker is assigned to.   This vulnerability exists because certain files lack proper authorization enforcement. An attacker with administrative privileges and management rights over network users could exploit this vulnerability by exporting the users. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view passwords that are normally not visible to administrators. 

AuthZ

Cisco ISE API XXE Remote File Read
CVE-2026-76446 4.9 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in an API of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read specific files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper restriction of XML external entity references. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read specific files on the affected system that the underlying process has permission to access.

XXE

Cisco ISE SSID BYOD Hijack Vulnerability (Unauthenticated Session Takeover)
CVE-2026-20071 3.8 - Low - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the SSID bring-your-own-device (BYOD) onboarding workflow of Cisco ISE could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to hijack the onboarding session of another user and access protected 802.1X networks.   This vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication checks that are performed while a user is being onboarded. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by spoofing the legitimate user and triggering a redirection to the guest web portal. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to take over the user session and gain access to the protected 802.1X network.

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Cisco ISE SQL Injection via Authenticated Remote Attacker
CVE-2026-20300 7.1 - High - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct SQL injection attacks on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have at least low-privileged administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or modify data in the underlying database.

SQL Injection

Cisco ISE Arbitrary File Write via Directory Traversal
CVE-2026-76432 4.9 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative-level privileges to write arbitrary files on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because the affected software does not properly validate directory traversal character sequences in a user-supplied file path during the upload process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted file to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write files to an arbitrary location on the affected system.

Directory traversal

Cisco ISE Authenticated SQL/HQL Injection Vulnerability
CVE-2026-76448 4.9 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct an SQL or HQL injection attack on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the affected APIs before it is used to build database queries. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary SQL or HQL queries against the underlying database, which could allow the attacker to view or modify data that they are not authorized to access. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

SQL Injection

Cisco ISE/PIC Authenticated Web UI File Read via Cert Import
CVE-2026-76434 4.9 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the certificate import functionality of the web-based management interface of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read arbitrary files from the affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the affected feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files from the affected device, which could contain sensitive information.

Directory traversal

Cisco ISE: Unauth Remote Retrieval of Sensitive Config via PRRT
CVE-2026-76444 5.3 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in an internal service of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to retrieve sensitive configuration information from an affected device. This vulnerability is due to missing authentication on the Policy Runtime Repository Table (PRRT) service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive configuration information from the affected device.

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CVE-2026-20235: Cisco ISE API Auth Data Disclosure
CVE-2026-20235 4.9 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the API of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to view sensitive information on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied parameters in API requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted API request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain access to sensitive information, including hashed credentials that could be used in future attacks.

SQL Injection

Cisco ISE SQL/HQL Injection via Authenticated API
CVE-2026-76451 4.9 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct an SQL or HQL injection attack on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the affected APIs before it is used to build database queries. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary SQL or HQL queries against the underlying database, which could allow the attacker to view or modify data that they are not authorized to access. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

SQL Injection: Hibernate

Cisco ISE SQL/HQL Injection via Authenticated API
CVE-2026-76449 4.9 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct an SQL or HQL injection attack on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the affected APIs before it is used to build database queries. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary SQL or HQL queries against the underlying database, which could allow the attacker to view or modify data that they are not authorized to access. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

SQL Injection

Auth SQL Injection in Cisco ISE/ISE-PIC APIs (CVE-2026-76450)
CVE-2026-76450 4.9 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct an SQL or HQL injection attack on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the affected APIs before it is used to build database queries. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary SQL or HQL queries against the underlying database, which could allow the attacker to view or modify data that they are not authorized to access. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

SQL Injection: Hibernate

Cisco ISE Web UI Reflected XSS via Unvalidated Input
CVE-2026-20309 6.1 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface. This vulnerability exists because the web-based management interface does not properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to click a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected interface or access sensitive, browser-based information.

XSS

SQLi in Cisco ISE REST API (cve-2026-76428)
CVE-2026-76428 4.9 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the REST APIs of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct SQL injection attacks against the session database. This vulnerability is due to certain parameters being concatenated directly into SQL clauses without parameterization. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request that contains SQL statements in one of the affected parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read information from the session database. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

SQL Injection

Cisco ISE Provisioning Download Directory Traversal
CVE-2026-76433 5.3 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the client provisioning download feature of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access protected files on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of directory traversal character sequences in a user-supplied path when the software processes provisioning resource requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the provisioning download service. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access protected files without authentication, potentially exposing sensitive information.

Directory traversal

Unauthenticated Remote Forged Posture Events in Cisco ISE Guest Portal
CVE-2026-76439 5.3 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the endpoint posture status reporting functionality of the guest portal web application of Cisco ISE could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to submit forged posture status events into the endpoint posture pipeline. This vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication on an internal interface that is exposed through the guest portal. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to manipulate the posture status on the affected system.

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Authenticated OS Write Elevation in Cisco ISE via HTTP Request
CVE-2026-20282 4.9 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to obtain write access on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain write access to the underlying operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. Note: For CVE-2026-20282, Cisco has assigned a Security Impact Rating (SIR) of High rather than Medium as the score indicates. The reason is that it is easy to get to root from the achieved privilege level.

Improper Restriction of Names for Files and Other Resources

Cisco ISE IPsec Open API OS Command Injection (CVE-2026-20283)
CVE-2026-20283 6.5 - Medium - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the IPsec Open API endpoint of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system.  This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in IPsec Open API calls. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the IPsec Open API endpoint on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system.  To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials and the node must have more than one network interface, one of which must be configured as an active IPsec tunnel. Note: For CVE-2026-20283, Cisco has assigned a Security Impact Rating (SIR) of High rather than Medium as the score indicates. The reason is that it is easy to get to root from the achieved privilege level.

Shell injection

SQLi in Cisco ISE API enabling data exfil & SSRF
CVE-2026-76425 7.6 - High - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the APIs of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct SQL injection attacks against the backend database. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of certain parameters that are concatenated directly into an SQL query. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request that contains SQL statements to an affected endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary content from the SQL database and conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

SQL Injection

Cisco ISE SXP REST API SQL Injection (Authenticated Remote)
CVE-2026-20284 9.1 - Critical - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the SXP REST API of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct SQL injection attacks. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in REST API calls. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view or modify data on the underlying database for the affected device. In single-node deployments, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause the affected ISE node to become unavailable, resulting in a DoS condition. In that condition, endpoints that have not already authenticated would be unable to access the network until the node is restored. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials, have the SXP service enabled, and have at least one SXP connection configured.

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Data Query Logic

Authenticated Remote File Upload & Exec via Cisco ISE REST API
CVE-2026-76424 7.2 - High - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to upload or copy arbitrary files on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation in file operations. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a file with a crafted path. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to upload files to arbitrary locations and execute arbitrary commands as root on the affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

Relative Path Traversal

Cisco ISE SQL Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20247)
CVE-2026-20247 7.5 - High - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in Cisco ISE could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct SQL injection attacks on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify data in the underlying database.

SQL Injection

Cisco ISE API Auth Bypass via Insufficient Control
CVE-2026-76460 10 - Critical - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in an API of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication. This vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication control on an API endpoint. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected API endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected device by bypassing the web-based management interface.

Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

Cisco ISE RADIUS DoS via Crafted Requests
CVE-2026-20352 8.6 - High - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the RADIUS feature of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of certain RADIUS requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted RADIUS request directly to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ISE node to become unavailable. For single node deployments in that condition, endpoints that have not already authenticated would be unable to access the network until the node comes back up on its own.

Buffer Overflow

Cisco ISE Authenticated Remote Command Execution (CVE-2026-20176)
CVE-2026-20176 9.1 - Critical - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid high-privileged administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain system-level access to the underlying operating system and then elevate privileges to root. In single-node deployments, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause the affected ISE node to become unavailable, resulting in a DoS condition. In that condition, endpoints that have not already authenticated would be unable to access the network until the node is restored.

Command Injection

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation in Cisco ISE/ISE-PIC
CVE-2026-20237 9.1 - Critical - September 16, 2026

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC), engineering teams have conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20237 are related to improper input validation issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-20.

Improper Input Validation

Cisco ISE REST API Unauth Admin Access Vulnerability
CVE-2026-76423 10 - Critical - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain administrative access to an affected device. This vulnerability is due to the REST API web service being exposed with insufficient authorization checks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the exposed REST API port. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read and modify ISE configuration and identity data with administrative privileges.

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Cisco ISE Vulnerability: Improper Neutralization (CWE-74)
CVE-2026-20130 10 - Critical - September 16, 2026

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC), engineering teams have conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20130 are related to improper neutralization of special elements issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-74.

Injection

Improper Access Control in Cisco ISE / ISE-PIC CVE-2026-20192
CVE-2026-20192 10 - Critical - September 16, 2026

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) engineering teams have conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20192 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-284.

Authorization

Cisco ISE Resource Transfer Vulnerability (CWE-669)
CVE-2026-20194 9.1 - Critical - September 16, 2026

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC), engineering teams have conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20194 are related to incorrect resource transfer between spheres that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-669.

Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

Cisco ISE Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Java Deserialization
CVE-2026-20211 9.1 - Critical - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid high-privileged administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of Java objects by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted serialized Java object to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain user-level access to the underlying operating system and then elevate privileges to root. In single-node deployments, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause the affected ISE node to become unavailable, resulting in a DoS condition. In that condition, endpoints that have not already authenticated would be unable to access the network until the node is restored.

Marshaling, Unmarshaling

Cisco ISE Credential Exposure Vulnerability (CWE522)
CVE-2026-20234 9.9 - Critical - September 16, 2026

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) engineering teams have conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20234 are related to insufficiently protected credentials issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-522.

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Cisco ISE insecure deserialization RCE via web admin
CVE-2026-20307 9.9 - Critical - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have at least low-privileged administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of a user-supplied Java byte stream. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted serialized Java object to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device and elevate privileges to root. In single-node deployments, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause the affected ISE node to become unavailable, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. In that condition, endpoints that have not already authenticated would be unable to access the network until the node is restored.

Marshaling, Unmarshaling

Cisco ISE Command Injection via Web UI (CVE-2026-20305)
CVE-2026-20305 9.1 - Critical - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the diagnostic tools of Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device and elevate privileges to root. In single-node deployments, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause the affected ISE node to become unavailable, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. In that condition, endpoints that have not already authenticated would be unable to access the network until the node is restored.

Shell injection

Command Injection in Cisco ISE REST API Enables Root Privilege Escalation
CVE-2026-20306 9.1 - Critical - September 16, 2026

A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device and elevate privileges to root. In single-node deployments, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause the affected ISE node to become unavailable, resulting in a DoS condition. In that condition, endpoints that have not already authenticated would be unable to access the network until the node is restored.

Shell injection

Cisco ISE Path Traversal via Authenticated HTTP Request
CVE-2026-20146 5.5 - Medium - July 15, 2026

A vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform path traversal attacks on the underlying operating system to either read or delete arbitrary files. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.  This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive files or delete arbitrary files on the affected system.

Directory traversal

Cisco ISE Unauth Remote Info Disclosure via Improper Auth Check
CVE-2026-20190 7.5 - High - June 17, 2026

A vulnerability in Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to view sensitive information on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper authorization checks when a resource is accessed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain access to sensitive information, including hashed credentials that could be used in future attacks.

AuthZ

Cisco ISE command injection via crafted HTTP request
CVE-2026-20181 9.1 - Critical - June 17, 2026

A vulnerability in Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain user-level access to the underlying operating system and then elevate privileges to root. In single-node deployments, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause the affected ISE node to become unavailable, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. In that condition, endpoints that have not already authenticated would be unable to access the network until the node is restored.

Directory traversal

Cisco ISE Radius Policy API RBAC Bypass (CVE-2026-20193)
CVE-2026-20193 4.3 - Medium - May 06, 2026

A vulnerability in the RADIUS Policy API endpoints of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with read-only Administrator privileges to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper role-based access control (RBAC) permissions on the RADIUS Policy API endpoints. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by bypassing the web-based management interface and directly calling an affected endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain unauthorized read access to sensitive RADIUS Policy details that are restricted for their role.

AuthZ

Cisco ISE Identity API Username Enumeration via Error Messages
CVE-2026-20195 5.3 - Medium - May 06, 2026

A vulnerability in an identity management API endpoint of Cisco ISE could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to enumerate valid user accounts on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because error messages are observed when the affected API endpoint is called. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of crafted requests to the affected endpoint and analyzing the differentiated responses. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to compile a list of valid usernames on an affected system.

Observable Response Discrepancy

Cisco ISE CLI Command Injection allows privilege escalation
CVE-2026-20136 6 - Medium - April 15, 2026

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges to perform a command injection attack on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing crafted input to a specific CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate their privileges to root on the underlying operating system.

Output Sanitization

RCE via crafted HTTP in Cisco ISE (Readonly Admin access)
CVE-2026-20180 9.9 - Critical - April 15, 2026

A vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have at least Read Only Admin credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain user-level access to the underlying operating system and then elevate privileges to root. In single-node ISE deployments, successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could cause the affected ISE node to become unavailable, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. In that condition, endpoints that have not already authenticated would be unable to access the network until the node is restored.

Directory traversal

Cisco ISE Remote OS Command Execution via HTTP (ReadOnly Admin)
CVE-2026-20186 9.9 - Critical - April 15, 2026

A vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have at least Read Only Admin credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain user-level access to the underlying operating system and then elevate privileges to root. In single-node ISE deployments, successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could cause the affected ISE node to become unavailable, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. In that condition, endpoints that have not already authenticated would be unable to access the network until the node is restored.

Command Injection

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