Cisco Identity Services Engine up to 3.5.0 sql injection

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Cisco Identity Services Engine. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in sql injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-20300. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco Identity Services Engine. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct SQL injection attacks on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have at least low-privileged administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or modify data in the underlying database.

The advisory is available at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-20300 since 10/08/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/16/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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 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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