A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges to perform a command injection attack on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing crafted input to a specific CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate their privileges to root on the underlying operating system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

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.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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 2 affected —
3.3 Patch 10 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-cmd-inj-5WSJcYJB cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges to perform a command injection attack on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing crafted input to a specific CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate their privileges to root on the underlying operating system.
Title Cisco Identity Services Engine Authenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-116
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-15T16:56:33.776Z

Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.381Z

Link: CVE-2026-20136

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-15T16:56:10.370Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-15T17:17:02.150

Modified: 2026-04-15T17:17:02.150

Link: CVE-2026-20136

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