Identity Services Engine
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.
Published
Automatic summary from the vendor's CVE record. We haven't written a full analysis of this vulnerability yet.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product / branch | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 1 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 3 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.4 Patch 1 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 5 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 6 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.4 Patch 2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 7 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.4 Patch 3 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.5 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.4 Patch 4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 8 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2 Patch 8 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.5 Patch 1 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 9 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2 Patch 9 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.4 Patch 5 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.5 Patch 2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 10 | See the advisory |
Always confirm against the vendor advisory, which lists every fixed hotfix.
What it is
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.
Exploitation
The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.
Sources
KEV status, EPSS score and vendor data refreshed automatically, last on 11 Oct 2026.