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CVE-2026-20136

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…

Published Apr 15, 2026 · updated Sep 25, 2026 · cisco identity services engine

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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  1. Apr 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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 exploi

  2. Sep 25, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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 exploi

Affected

  • cpe cisco/identity services engineversion unspecified
  • cpe cisco/identity services engine3.3.0
  • cpe cisco/identity services engine passive identity connectorversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-20136

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-20136

    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 elev

    nvd.nist.gov

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