CVE-2026-20180 PUBLISHED

Cisco Identity Services Engine Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Assigner: cisco
Reserved: 08.10.2025 Published: 15.04.2026 Updated: 16.04.2026

A vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) 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 at least Read Only Admin 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 ISE deployments, successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities 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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.9

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 3.2 Patch 8 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

  • Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe