CVE-2026-20136

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 43 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.50% (43rd) EPSS
CVSS 6 · medium
Is it mine?
96 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.0
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.2
v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-116USCWE-116US
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affected products (96)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

showing 20 of 96
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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2026-1146Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE): Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-04-15csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) ausnutzen, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, und um Informationen offenzulegen.

  • cisco-sa-ise-cmd-inj-5WSJcYJBCisco Identity Services Engine Authenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability2026-04-15csaf · cisco_csafUS

    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. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducert_bundcisco_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-04-15modified 2026-10-26
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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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