CVE-2026-20136
Cisco Identity Services Engine Authenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Severity
Medium 6
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.005
40.0th percentile
Discovered by
Third party
Published by the vendor
Published
Apr 15, 2026
Assigned by cisco
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.
Weakness: CWE-116
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Category | Matched by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) | Identity / IAM / MFA | cna-assigner |
Vendor-reported affected versions (1)
- Cisco · Cisco Identity Services Engine Software