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Path traversal in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) allows a remote, authenticated attacker with administrative credentials to read or delete arbitrary files on the underlying operating system via crafted HTTP requests. Successful exploitation could expose sensitive configuration or credential files, or trigger destructive deletion of system files. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing have been identified at time of analysis, but the high confidentiality impact and the critical role ISE plays in enterprise network access control make this notable for environments running affected versions.
Information disclosure in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to retrieve sensitive data - including hashed credentials - by sending crafted traffic to an affected device. The root cause is missing authorization checks on a protected resource (CWE-285), making this an authentication-bypass-style information leak. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not currently listed in CISA KEV.
Authenticated remote command execution in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) allows administrators to run arbitrary OS commands and escalate to root via a crafted HTTP request. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20181 and reported by Cisco with a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.1 (scope-changed), can also crash single-node deployments and deny network access to unauthenticated endpoints. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
A vulnerability in Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform path traversal attacks on the underlying operating system and read arbitrary files. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive files on the affected system.
A vulnerability in Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. 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 user-level access to the underlying operating system and then elevate privileges to root. In single-node ISE 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.
Path traversal in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) allows a remote, authenticated attacker with administrative credentials to read or delete arbitrary files on the underlying operating system via crafted HTTP requests. Successful exploitation could expose sensitive configuration or credential files, or trigger destructive deletion of system files. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing have been identified at time of analysis, but the high confidentiality impact and the critical role ISE plays in enterprise network access control make this notable for environments running affected versions.
Information disclosure in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to retrieve sensitive data - including hashed credentials - by sending crafted traffic to an affected device. The root cause is missing authorization checks on a protected resource (CWE-285), making this an authentication-bypass-style information leak. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not currently listed in CISA KEV.
Authenticated remote command execution in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) allows administrators to run arbitrary OS commands and escalate to root via a crafted HTTP request. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20181 and reported by Cisco with a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.1 (scope-changed), can also crash single-node deployments and deny network access to unauthenticated endpoints. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
A vulnerability in Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform path traversal attacks on the underlying operating system and read arbitrary files. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive files on the affected system.
A vulnerability in Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. 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 user-level access to the underlying operating system and then elevate privileges to root. In single-node ISE 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.