cisco-sa-ise-rce-traversal-8bYndVrZCriticalCVSS 9.9

Cisco Identity Services Engine Remote Code Execution and Path Traversal Vulnerabilities

Published
April 15, 2026
Last Modified
April 28, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2026-20147 →CVE-2026-20148 →

📋 Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to achieve remote code execution or conduct path traversal attacks on an affected device. To exploit these vulnerabilities, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details ["#details"] section of this advisory.

Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities. There are no workarounds that address these vulnerabilities.

CVE-2026-20147 — Cisco Identity Services Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVSS 3.1 9.9, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) CVE-2026-20148 — Cisco Identity Services Engine Path Traversal Vulnerability (CVSS 3.1 4.9, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

🎯 Affected products46

  • Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
  • Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector 3.1.0
  • Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector 3.2.0
  • Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector 3.3.0
  • Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector 3.4.0
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1.0
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1.0 p1
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1.0 p10
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1.0 p2
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1.0 p3
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1.0 p4
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1.0 p5
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1.0 p6
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1.0 p7
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1.0 p8
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.1.0 p9
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2 Patch 8
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2 Patch 9
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2.0
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2.0 p1
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2.0 p2
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2.0 p3
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2.0 p4
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2.0 p5
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2.0 p6
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.2.0 p7
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 1
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 2
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 3
  • +16 more not shown

✅ Remediation

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. https://software.cisco.com Workarounds: There are no workarounds that address these vulnerabilities.

🔗 References (5)