Improper Access Control in Cisco ISE / ISE-PIC CVE-2026-20192
CVE-2026-20192 Published on September 16, 2026

Cisco Identity Services Engine Hardening Release - Access Control Vulnerabilities
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.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-20192 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is an Authorization Vulnerability?

The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

CVE-2026-20192 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-20192

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Affected Versions

Cisco Identity Services Engine Software: Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.46%
Percentile
37.18%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.