CVE-2026-20234
CriticalCVSS 9.9Summary
Cisco conducted an internal security review that resulted in a software hardening release addressing multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC). The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20234 relate to insufficiently protected credentials (CWE-522).
Risk Assessment
Vulnerabilities related to insufficiently protected credentials could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive authentication data. This could lead to unauthorized system access and privilege escalation.
Recommendation
Apply the Cisco hardening update for Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC. Also review credential storage and protection policies and rotate potentially exposed passwords.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco ISE
See all- CVE-2026-20307Critical
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. The attacker must have at least low-privileged administrative credentials. The issue is due to insecure deserialization of a user-supplied Java byte stream; successful exploitation could allow code execution and privilege escalation to root, and in single-node deployments could cause the ISE node to become unavailable (DoS).
- CVE-2026-20306Critical
A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. The attacker must have valid administrative credentials. The issue is due to improper validation of user-supplied input; successful exploitation could allow arbitrary code execution, and in single-node deployments could cause the ISE node to become unavailable (DoS).
- CVE-2026-20305Critical
A vulnerability in the diagnostic tools of Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. The attacker must have valid administrative credentials. The issue is due to improper validation of user-supplied input; successful exploitation could allow arbitrary code execution, and in single-node deployments could cause the ISE node to become unavailable (DoS).
- CVE-2026-20148Medium
A vulnerability in Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC allows an authenticated remote attacker to perform path traversal attacks on the underlying OS and read arbitrary files. The flaw is due to improper validation of user-supplied input.
- CVE-2026-20147Critical
A vulnerability in Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC allows an authenticated remote administrator to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying OS. The issue is due to insufficient input validation.
- CVE-2026-20195Medium
A vulnerability in an identity management API endpoint of Cisco ISE allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to enumerate valid user accounts on an affected device. The issue exists due to observable error messages when the API endpoint is called.
- CVE-2026-20193Medium
A vulnerability in the RADIUS Policy API endpoints of Cisco ISE allows an authenticated, remote attacker with read-only Administrator privileges to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information. This is due to improper role-based access control (RBAC) permissions on these API endpoints.
Original NVD description (English source)
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-2026-20234 are related to insufficiently protected credentials issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-522.

