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CVE-2026-20181 Cisco Identity Services Engine

Affected softwareCisco Identity Services Engine
Severity9.1 Critical CVSS 3.1
WeaknessPath traversal (CWE-22)
Published17 Jun 2026
Updated25 Sep 2026

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain user-level access to the underlying operating system and then elevate privileges to root. In single-node deployments, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause the affected ISE node to become unavailable, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. In that condition, endpoints that have not already authenticated would be unable to access the network until the node is restored.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 8.2% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached
Finding This CVE names only products the Waratek agent cannot be installed into (cisco/identity_services_engine). They ship as sealed appliance images or as native code with no application JVM, so there is no start-up line to add -javaagent to. The vulnerability may well be a Java one; it is permanently out of ARMR's reach rather than outside its subject.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

2 products, 40 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd cisco identity services engine generic 3.3.0 · < 3.3.0 · 3.3.0:patch1 · 3.3.0:patch2 · 3.3.0:patch3 · 3.3.0:patch4 · 3.3.0:patch5 · 3.3.0:patch6 · 3.3.0:patch7 · 3.3.0:patch8 · 3.3.0:patch9 · 3.3.0:patch10 · 3.4.0 · 3.4.0:patch1 · 3.4.0:patch2 · 3.4.0:patch3 · 3.4.0:patch4 · 3.4.0:patch5 · 3.5.0 · 3.5.0:patch1 · 3.5.0:patch2 · 3.5.0:patch3
nvd cisco identity services engine passive identity connector generic 3.3.0 · < 3.3.0 · 3.3.0:patch1 · 3.3.0:patch2 · 3.3.0:patch3 · 3.3.0:patch4 · 3.3.0:patch5 · 3.3.0:patch6 · 3.3.0:patch7 · 3.3.0:patch8 · 3.3.0:patch9 · 3.3.0:patch10 · 3.4.0 · 3.4.0:patch1 · 3.4.0:patch2 · 3.4.0:patch3 · 3.4.0:patch4 · 3.4.0:patch5

References

URLTags
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-multi-G5WP8vv Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published2026-06-17By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-09-25NVD's own last-modified date for this record.