{"id":"CVE-2026-20305","title":"A vulnerability in the diagnostic tools of Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root","summary":"A vulnerability in the diagnostic tools of Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. To exploit this v…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-78"],"vendor":"Cisco","product":"Cisco Identity Services Engine Software","affected":["identity_services_engine_software 3.1.0","identity_services_engine_software 3.1.0 p1","identity_services_engine_software 3.1.0 p3","identity_services_engine_software 3.1.0 p2","identity_services_engine_software 3.2.0","identity_services_engine_software 3.1.0 p4","identity_services_engine_software 3.1.0 p5","identity_services_engine_software 3.2.0 p1","identity_services_engine_software 3.1.0 p6","identity_services_engine_software 3.2.0 p2","identity_services_engine_software 3.1.0 p7","identity_services_engine_software 3.3.0","identity_services_engine_software 3.2.0 p3","identity_services_engine_software 3.2.0 p4","identity_services_engine_software 3.1.0 p8","identity_services_engine_software 3.2.0 p5","identity_services_engine_software 3.2.0 p6","identity_services_engine_software 3.1.0 p9","identity_services_engine_software 3.3 Patch 2","identity_services_engine_software 3.3 Patch 1","identity_services_engine_software 3.3 Patch 3","identity_services_engine_software 3.4.0","identity_services_engine_software 3.2.0 p7","identity_services_engine_software 3.3 Patch 4","identity_services_engine_software 3.4 Patch 1","identity_services_engine_software 3.1.0 p10","identity_services_engine_software 3.3 Patch 5","identity_services_engine_software 3.3 Patch 6","identity_services_engine_software 3.4 Patch 2","identity_services_engine_software 3.3 Patch 7","identity_services_engine_software 3.4 Patch 3","identity_services_engine_software 3.5.0","identity_services_engine_software 3.4 Patch 4","identity_services_engine_software 3.3 Patch 8","identity_services_engine_software 3.2 Patch 8","identity_services_engine_software 3.5 Patch 1","identity_services_engine_software 3.3 Patch 9","identity_services_engine_software 3.2 Patch 9","identity_services_engine_software 3.4 Patch 5","identity_services_engine_software 3.5 Patch 3","identity_services_engine_software 3.5 Patch 2","identity_services_engine_software 3.3 Patch 10","identity_services_engine_software 3.3 Patch 11","identity_services_engine_software 3.4 Patch 6","identity_services_engine_software 3.2 Patch 10","identity_services_engine_software 3.1.0 p72","identity_services_engine_software 3.1.0 p11","ise_passive_identity_connector 3.2.0","ise_passive_identity_connector 3.1.0","ise_passive_identity_connector 3.3.0"],"published":"2026-09-16","updated":"2026-09-17","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-17T04:17:40.540","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20305","references":[{"url":"https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-cmd-inj-e2CuZCYZ","label":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://software.cisco.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vendor-advisory","cisco"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-16T18:21:24.729728Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-16T16:37:52.203Z","epss":0.01367,"epssPercentile":0.70214,"slug":"CVE-2026-20305","body":"## Overview\n\nA vulnerability in the diagnostic tools of Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.\r\n\r\nThis vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device and elevate privileges to root. In single-node deployments, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause the affected ISE node to become unavailable, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. In that condition, endpoints that have not already authenticated would be unable to access the network until the node is restored.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **cisco-sa-ise-cmd-inj-e2CuZCYZ** · Cisco · affected: Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (4 versions), Cisco Identity Services Engine Software (46 versions) · updated 2026-09-16 · [advisory](https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-cmd-inj-e2CuZCYZ)","depth":"midnight","depthScore":50,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":50.1,"likelihood":0.3,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}