Cisco Identity Services Engine up to 3.5.0 improper restriction of names for files and other resources

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Identity Services Engine. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes input validation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-20282. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco Identity Services Engine. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-641. The product constructs the name of a file or other resource using input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the resulting name. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to obtain write access on the underlying operating system of an affected device. 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 write access to the underlying operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. Note: For CVE-2026-20282, Cisco has assigned a Security Impact Rating (SIR) of High rather than Medium as the score indicates. The reason is that it is easy to get to root from the achieved privilege level.

The advisory is shared at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-20282 since 10/08/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/16/2026).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Policy Management Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Identity Services Engine

Version

• 3.1.0
• 3.1.0 p1
• 3.1.0 p2
• 3.1.0 p3
• 3.1.0 p4
• 3.1.0 p5
• 3.1.0 p6
• 3.1.0 p7
• 3.1.0 p8
• 3.1.0 p9
• 3.1.0 p10
• 3.1.0 p11
• 3.1.0 p12
• 3.1.0 p72
• 3.2.0
• 3.2.0 p1
• 3.2.0 p2
• 3.2.0 p3
• 3.2.0 p4
• 3.2.0 p5
• 3.2.0 p6
• 3.2.0 p7
• 3.3.0
• 3.4.0
• 3.5.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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