CVE-2026-20029

Summary

A vulnerability in the licensing features of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to gain access to sensitive information. 

This vulnerability is due to improper parsing of XML that is processed by the web-based management interface of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a malicious file to the application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files from the underlying operating system that could include sensitive data that should otherwise be inaccessible even to administrators. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p1affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p3affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p2affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.2.0affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p4affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p5affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.2.0 p1affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p6affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.2.0 p2affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p7affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.3.0affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.2.0 p3affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.2.0 p4affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p8affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.2.0 p5affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.2.0 p6affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p9affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.3 Patch 2affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.3 Patch 1affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.3 Patch 3affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.4.0affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.2.0 p7affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.3 Patch 4affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.4 Patch 1affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p10affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.3 Patch 5affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.3 Patch 6affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.4 Patch 2affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.3 Patch 7affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.4 Patch 3affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References