10.0Critical

Cisco Identity Services Engine

CVE-2026-20192

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-2026-20192 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-284.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Cisco Identity Services Engine. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Cisco Identity Services Engine, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
10.0 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-284
Assigned by
psirt@cisco.com

Dates

Published
2026-09-16
Last modified
2026-09-28
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Cisco Identity Services Engine3.1.0 - 3.3.0, 3.3.0, 3.4.0, 3.5.0
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Passive Identity Connector3.1.0 - 3.3.0, 3.3.0, 3.4.0

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

Coverage

References

CVE-2026-20192 — Cisco Identity Services Engine | CyberBrief