CVE-2026-20071 PUBLISHED

ISE 802.1x Session Hijack Vulnerability

Assigner: cisco
Reserved: 08.10.2025 Published: 16.09.2026 Updated: 16.09.2026

A vulnerability in the SSID bring-your-own-device (BYOD) onboarding workflow of Cisco ISE could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to hijack the onboarding session of another user and access protected 802.1X networks.  

This vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication checks that are performed while a user is being onboarded. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by spoofing the legitimate user and triggering a redirection to the guest web portal. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to take over the user session and gain access to the protected 802.1X network.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 3.8

Product Status

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
Versions Default: unknown
  • Version 3.1.0 is affected
  • Version 3.1.0 p1 is affected
  • Version 3.1.0 p3 is affected
  • Version 3.1.0 p2 is affected
  • Version 3.2.0 is affected
  • Version 3.1.0 p4 is affected
  • Version 3.1.0 p5 is affected
  • Version 3.2.0 p1 is affected
  • Version 3.1.0 p6 is affected
  • Version 3.2.0 p2 is affected
  • Version 3.1.0 p7 is affected
  • Version 3.3.0 is affected
  • Version 3.2.0 p3 is affected
  • Version 3.2.0 p4 is affected
  • Version 3.1.0 p8 is affected
  • Version 3.2.0 p5 is affected
  • Version 3.2.0 p6 is affected
  • Version 3.1.0 p9 is affected
  • Version 3.3 Patch 2 is affected
  • Version 3.3 Patch 1 is affected
  • Version 3.3 Patch 3 is affected
  • Version 3.4.0 is affected
  • Version 3.2.0 p7 is affected
  • Version 3.3 Patch 4 is affected
  • Version 3.4 Patch 1 is affected
  • Version 3.1.0 p10 is affected
  • Version 3.3 Patch 5 is affected
  • Version 3.3 Patch 6 is affected
  • Version 3.4 Patch 2 is affected
  • Version 3.3 Patch 7 is affected
  • Version 3.4 Patch 3 is affected
  • Version 3.5.0 is affected
  • Version 3.4 Patch 4 is affected
  • Version 3.3 Patch 8 is affected
  • Version 3.2 Patch 8 is affected
  • Version 3.5 Patch 1 is affected
  • Version 3.3 Patch 9 is affected
  • Version 3.2 Patch 9 is affected
  • Version 3.4 Patch 5 is affected
  • Version 3.5 Patch 3 is affected
  • Version 3.5 Patch 2 is affected
  • Version 3.3 Patch 10 is affected
  • Version 3.3 Patch 11 is affected
  • Version 3.4 Patch 6 is affected
  • Version 3.2 Patch 10 is affected
  • Version 3.1.0 p72 is affected
  • Version 3.1.0 p11 is affected
  • Version 3.3 Patch 12 is affected

Exploits

The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerabilities that are described in this advisory.

References

Problem Types

  • Authentication Bypass by Spoofing cwe