CVE-2026-20136 (GCVE-0-2026-20136)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-15 16:11 – Updated: 2026-04-16 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Cisco Identity Services Engine Authenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Summary
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.
Severity
6 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-15 00:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-116 - Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Identity Services Engine Software |
Affected:
3.1.0
Affected: 3.1.0 p1 Affected: 3.1.0 p3 Affected: 3.1.0 p2 Affected: 3.2.0 Affected: 3.1.0 p4 Affected: 3.1.0 p5 Affected: 3.2.0 p1 Affected: 3.1.0 p6 Affected: 3.2.0 p2 Affected: 3.1.0 p7 Affected: 3.3.0 Affected: 3.2.0 p3 Affected: 3.2.0 p4 Affected: 3.1.0 p8 Affected: 3.2.0 p5 Affected: 3.2.0 p6 Affected: 3.1.0 p9 Affected: 3.3 Patch 2 Affected: 3.3 Patch 1 Affected: 3.3 Patch 3 Affected: 3.4.0 Affected: 3.2.0 p7 Affected: 3.3 Patch 4 Affected: 3.4 Patch 1 Affected: 3.1.0 p10 Affected: 3.3 Patch 5 Affected: 3.3 Patch 6 Affected: 3.4 Patch 2 Affected: 3.3 Patch 7 Affected: 3.4 Patch 3 Affected: 3.5.0 Affected: 3.4 Patch 4 Affected: 3.3 Patch 8 Affected: 3.2 Patch 8 Affected: 3.5 Patch 1 Affected: 3.3 Patch 9 Affected: 3.2 Patch 9 Affected: 3.4 Patch 5 Affected: 3.5 Patch 2 Affected: 3.3 Patch 10 |
guessed |
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