CVE-2026-20286 PUBLISHED

Cisco Identity Services Engine Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

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

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identify Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to modify parts of the configuration on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to the lack of server-side validation of Administrator permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify descriptions of files on a specific page. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid Administrator credentials.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.3

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 3.1.0 p12 is affected
  • Version 3.2 Patch 11 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 Authorization cwe