Cisco Identity Services Engine privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Identity Services Engine and ISE Passive Identity Connector. It has been rated as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-20287. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco Identity Services Engine and ISE Passive Identity Connector (version unknown). This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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-2026-20287 are related to improper privilege managment issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-269.

The advisory is shared at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-20287 since 10/08/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required 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). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Temp Score: 4.5
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/08/2025 CVE reserved
09/16/2026 +343 days Advisory disclosed
09/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-20287 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-20287
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-406217

Entryinfo

Created: 09/16/2026 23:41
Changes: 09/16/2026 23:41 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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