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CVE-2026-20136: cisco cisco identity services engine software Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

CVSS: 6.0v3.1MediumAnalyzed
Published 15-04-2026Last modified 16-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-20136 is a medium (CVSS 6.0) Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in cisco cisco identity services engine software. EPSS estimates a 0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.0/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.50%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 15-04-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.50%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

41%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.50% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.50%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cisco3 products
  • cisco identity services engine software3.1.0 | 3.1.0 p1 | 3.1.0 p3 | 3.1.0 p2 | 3.2.0 | 3.1.0 p4 | 3.1.0 p5 | 3.2.0 p1 | 3.1.0 p6 | 3.2.0 p2 | 3.1.0 p7 | 3.3.0 | 3.2.0 p3 | 3.2.0 p4 | 3.1.0 p8 | 3.2.0 p5 | 3.2.0 p6 | 3.1.0 p9 | 3.3 Patch 2 | 3.3 Patch 1 | 3.3 Patch 3 | 3.4.0 | 3.2.0 p7 | 3.3 Patch 4 | 3.4 Patch 1 | 3.1.0 p10 | 3.3 Patch 5 | 3.3 Patch 6 | 3.4 Patch 2 | 3.3 Patch 7 | 3.4 Patch 3 | 3.5.0 | 3.4 Patch 4 | 3.3 Patch 8 | 3.2 Patch 8 | 3.5 Patch 1 | 3.3 Patch 9 | 3.2 Patch 9 | 3.4 Patch 5 | 3.5 Patch 2 | 3.3 Patch 10
  • identity_services_engine< 3.3.0 | 3.3.0 | 3.3.0:patch1 | 3.3.0:patch10 | 3.3.0:patch2 | 3.3.0:patch3 | 3.3.0:patch4 | 3.3.0:patch5 | 3.3.0:patch6 | 3.3.0:patch7 | 3.3.0:patch8 | 3.3.0:patch9 | 3.4.0 | 3.4.0:patch1 | 3.4.0:patch2 | 3.4.0:patch3 | 3.4.0:patch4 | 3.4.0:patch5 | 3.5.0 | 3.5.0:patch1 | 3.5.0:patch2
  • identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector< 3.3.0 | 3.3.0 | 3.3.0:patch1 | 3.3.0:patch10 | 3.3.0:patch2 | 3.3.0:patch3 | 3.3.0:patch4 | 3.3.0:patch5 | 3.3.0:patch6 | 3.3.0:patch7 | 3.3.0:patch8 | 3.3.0:patch9 | 3.4.0 | 3.4.0:patch1 | 3.4.0:patch2 | 3.4.0:patch3 | 3.4.0:patch4 | 3.4.0:patch5

1 vendor · 3 products

References

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