CVE-2026-20136

Cisco Identity Services Engine Authenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published Apr 15, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability in the&nbsp;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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector:3.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector:3.5.0:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector:3.5.0:patch2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco
Cisco identity Services Engine Software
Vendors & Products Cisco
Cisco identity Services Engine Software
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability in the&nbsp;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.
Title Cisco Identity Services Engine Authenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-116
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
cisco
Published
Updated
Apr 16, 2026, 3:55 AM
Reserved
Oct 8, 2025, 11:59 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 15, 2026, 5:17 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 10:10 PM