CVE-2026-20136
MEDIUMCisco Identity Services Engine Authenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
Scores
CVSS v3
6.0
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
17.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-116
Status
published
Products (41)
Cisco/Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
3.1.0
Cisco/Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
3.1.0 p1
Cisco/Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
3.1.0 p10
Cisco/Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
3.1.0 p2
Cisco/Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
3.1.0 p3
Cisco/Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
3.1.0 p4
Cisco/Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
3.1.0 p5
Cisco/Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
3.1.0 p6
Cisco/Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
3.1.0 p7
Cisco/Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
3.1.0 p8
... and 31 more
Published
Apr 15, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 15, 2026