CVE-2026-20136

MEDIUM

Cisco Identity Services Engine Authenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Title source: cna

Description

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