Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2026 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2026-20136Cisco Identity Services Engine Authenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Medium 6.0
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Cisco Identity Services Engine Software from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.1.03.1.0 p13.1.0 p33.1.0 p23.2.03.1.0 p43.1.0 p53.2.0 p1 |
Weakness: CWE-116 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N