A vulnerability in the diagnostic tools of Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device and elevate privileges to root. In single-node deployments, successful exploitation of this vulnerability 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

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 —
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 —

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Solution

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References
Link Providers
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-cmd-inj-e2CuZCYZ cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability in the diagnostic tools of Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device and elevate privileges to root. In single-node deployments, successful exploitation of this vulnerability 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.
Title Cisco Identity Services Engine Command Injection Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-16T18:34:24.134Z

Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.408Z

Link: CVE-2026-20305

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-16T17:17:16.707

Modified: 2026-09-16T17:17:16.707

Link: CVE-2026-20305

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