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CRITICAL CWE-502

CVE-2026-20307

Cisco Identity Services Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Cisco·Identity Services Engine Software

9.9/ 10
CVSS 3.1
Critical severity
0.98%
EPSS exploit odds
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Higher than 63% of all CVEs
Not listed
CISA KEV catalog
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation on CISA's list.
Timeline
Published
Sep 16, 2026
Updated
Sep 17, 2026
First covered
Sep 18, 2026
Latest story
2 months ago

Summary

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco ISE 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 at least low-privileged administrative credentials.This vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of a user-supplied Java byte stream. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted serialized Java object 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.

CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Attack profile

Attack vectorNetwork
ComplexityLow
PrivilegesLow
User interactionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.03.1.0 p13.1.0 p33.1.0 p2

References

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