Cisco Identity Services Engine Authorization Bypass Vulnerability
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- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- No fix listed
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
- Exploitation0/40No signal
- Exposure20/25No login or user action needed per the CVSS vector, CISA rates it automatable · Data gap: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Reach: unknown (data gap). No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity5.3/10CVSS 5.3
- No patch5/5No patch listed yet
What would change the score
- Would score about 75 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 70 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 35 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
CVE-2026-20241 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 5.3 (medium) and affects Cisco Identity Services Engine Software and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector; no fixed version is listed yet.
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- Published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 30/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
Cisco Identity Services Engine and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) contain an authorization bypass flaw that lets an unauthenticated attacker remotely, without logging in, obtain an endpoint identity certificate. The attacker does this by sending a crafted request to an affected device.
Read the original description
A vulnerability in the authorization mechanism of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to obtain an endpoint identity certificate. This vulnerability is due to improper authorization checks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authorization to obtain an endpoint certificate.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
3.1.0, 3.1.0 p1, 3.1.0 p3, 3.1.0 p2, 3.2.0, 3.1.0 p4, 3.1.0 p5, 3.2.0 p1, 3.1.0 p6, 3.2.0 p2, 3.1.0 p7, 3.3.0, 3.2.0 p3, 3.2.0 p4, 3.1.0 p8, 3.2.0 p5, 3.2.0 p6, 3.1.0 p9, 3.3 Patch 2, 3.3 Patch 1, 3.3 Patch 3, 3.4.0, 3.2.0 p7, 3.3 Patch 4, 3.4 Patch 1, 3.1.0 p10, 3.3 Patch 5, 3.3 Patch 6, 3.4 Patch 2, 3.3 Patch 7, and 16 more
- Cisco Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector
3.2.0, 3.1.0, 3.3.0, 3.4.0, 3.5.0
Evidence 1
- Link
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-20241
Is CVE-2026-20241 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-20241?
Cisco Identity Services Engine Software: versions 3.1.0, 3.1.0 p1, 3.1.0 p3, 3.1.0 p2, 3.2.0 and 41 more. Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector: versions 3.2.0, 3.1.0, 3.3.0, 3.4.0, 3.5.0.Source: cve.now feed data