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Vulnerability Analysis
Cisco Identity Services Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2026-20147

A vulnerability in Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain user-level access to the underlying operating system and then elevate privileges to root. In single-node ISE 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 Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
9.9
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.2
Impact Score:6.1
Temporal Score:-
EPSS:10.94%

Threat Intelligence Signals

CISA KEV
No
KEV Date Added
Ransomware Use
KEV Due Date
VulnCheck In-the-Wild
No
Nuclei Template
No
EPSS Score
10.944%
EPSS Percentile
95.3th pct
GitHub Severity
CRITICAL
SSVC Exploitation
SSVC Automatable
Vulnerability Class

Identity & Timeline

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Exploit DB ReferencesNone identified

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
No affected products specified.

References

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