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CVE-2026-20136

Cisco Identity Services Engine Authenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published: Apr 15, 2026Updated: Apr 17, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-116
6.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 59.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-116

Affected Products

Cisco Identity Services Engine SoftwareCiscoNetworking Infrastructure
Cisco Identity Services EngineCisco Systems Inc.Networking Infrastructure
Identity Services Engine Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC)Cisco Systems Inc.Networking Infrastructure
ciscocommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco systems inc.
cisco systems inc.commercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco

Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-cmd-inj-5WSJcYJB
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com

Timeline

Published
Apr 15, 2026
Last Updated
Apr 17, 2026

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