CVE-2026-20284 PUBLISHED

Cisco Identity Search Engine SXP REST API SQL Injection Vulnerability

Assigner: cisco
Reserved: 08.10.2025 Published: 16.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

A vulnerability in the SXP REST API of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct SQL injection attacks.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in REST API calls. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view or modify data on the underlying database for the affected device. In single-node deployments, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause the affected ISE node to become unavailable, resulting in a DoS condition. In that condition, endpoints that have not already authenticated would be unable to access the network until the node is restored. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials, have the SXP service enabled, and have at least one SXP connection configured.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.1

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

Exploits

The Cisco PSIRT is aware that a public announcement is available for the vulnerabilities that are described in this advisory.

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

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Data Query Logic cwe