CVE-2026-20192: cisco cisco identity services engine software Improper Access Control
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-20192 is a critical (CVSS 10.0) Improper Access Control vulnerability in cisco cisco identity services engine software. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 16-09-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 18-09-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) engineering teams have conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20192 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-284.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST10.0CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.46%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
38%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.03 pp
From 0.43% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Cisco4 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 3 | 3.5 Patch 2 | 3.3 Patch 10 | 3.3 Patch 11 | 3.4 Patch 6 | 3.2 Patch 10 | 3.1.0 p72 | 3.1.0 p11
- cisco ise passive identity connector3.2.0 | 3.1.0 | 3.3.0 | 3.4.0 | 3.5.0
- identity_services_engine≥ 3.1.0, < 3.3.0 | 3.3.0:patch1 | 3.3.0:patch10 | 3.3.0:patch11 | 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 | 3.4.0:patch6 | 3.5.0 | 3.5.0:patch1 | 3.5.0:patch2 | 3.5.0:patch3
- identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector≥ 3.1.0, < 3.3.0 | 3.3.0:patch1 | 3.3.0:patch10 | 3.3.0:patch11 | 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 | 3.4.0:patch6
1 vendor · 4 products
References
1 links- sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/…Vendor Advisory