CVE-2026-20186

CRITICAL
INFO Priority: 0.55 BB Relevance: 71/100
Published: 2026-04-15 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact Scope Change

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Changed
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine (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 Read Only Admin 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 these vulnerabilities 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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

71 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

9.9 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

5.60%
Raw Score 0.056010
Percentile 92.9%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.05601
2026-10-28
0.05601

Intelligence Sources

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