CVE-2026-20136
Cisco Identity Services Engine Authenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
| CWE | CWE-116 |
| Vendor | cisco |
| Product | cisco identity services engine software |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | NetworkingTelecommunications |
| Published | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Apr 16, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N