A vulnerability in the authorization mechanism of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to obtain an endpoint identity certificate.

This vulnerability is due to improper authorization checks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authorization to obtain an endpoint certificate.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine Software unknown
Version Status Constraints
3.1.0 affected —
3.1.0 p1 affected —
3.1.0 p3 affected —
3.1.0 p2 affected —
3.2.0 affected —
3.1.0 p4 affected —
3.1.0 p5 affected —
3.2.0 p1 affected —
3.1.0 p6 affected —
3.2.0 p2 affected —
3.1.0 p7 affected —
3.3.0 affected —
3.2.0 p3 affected —
3.2.0 p4 affected —
3.1.0 p8 affected —
3.2.0 p5 affected —
3.2.0 p6 affected —
3.1.0 p9 affected —
3.3 Patch 2 affected —
3.3 Patch 1 affected —
3.3 Patch 3 affected —
3.4.0 affected —
3.2.0 p7 affected —
3.3 Patch 4 affected —
3.4 Patch 1 affected —
3.1.0 p10 affected —
3.3 Patch 5 affected —
3.3 Patch 6 affected —
3.4 Patch 2 affected —
3.3 Patch 7 affected —
3.4 Patch 3 affected —
3.5.0 affected —
3.4 Patch 4 affected —
3.3 Patch 8 affected —
3.2 Patch 8 affected —
3.5 Patch 1 affected —
3.3 Patch 9 affected —
3.2 Patch 9 affected —
3.4 Patch 5 affected —
3.5 Patch 3 affected —
3.5 Patch 2 affected —
3.3 Patch 10 affected —
3.3 Patch 11 affected —
3.4 Patch 6 affected —
3.2 Patch 10 affected —
3.1.0 p11 affected —
Cisco Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector unknown
Version Status Constraints
3.2.0 affected —
3.1.0 affected —
3.3.0 affected —
3.4.0 affected —
3.5.0 affected —

No data.

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment is a feature of OpenCVE that uses AI to automatically link vendors and products to CVEs. Learn more on GitHub.

No data.

Project Subscriptions

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-cert-mE9BD5GO cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability in the authorization mechanism of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to obtain an endpoint identity certificate. This vulnerability is due to improper authorization checks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authorization to obtain an endpoint certificate.
Title Cisco Identity Services Engine Authorization Bypass Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-285
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-04T18:17:35.484Z

Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.400Z

Link: CVE-2026-20241

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-04T17:17:35.883

Modified: 2026-11-04T17:17:35.883

Link: CVE-2026-20241

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-04T17:30:17Z

Weaknesses