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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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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 p72 affected —
3.1.0 p11 affected —
3.1.0 p12 affected —
3.2 Patch 11 affected —

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-auth-bypass-1-MxcTNgwx cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Cisco Identity Services Engine Authorization Bypass Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-285
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-16T20:24:33.238Z

Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.404Z

Link: CVE-2026-20286

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-16T21:17:09.353

Modified: 2026-09-16T21:17:09.353

Link: CVE-2026-20286

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