A vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform path traversal attacks on the underlying operating system to either read or delete arbitrary files. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. 

This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive files or delete arbitrary files on the affected system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine Software unknown
Version Status Constraints
3.1.0 affected —
3.1.0 p1 affected —
3.1.0 p3 affected —
3.1.0 p2 affected —
3.2.0 affected —
3.1.0 p4 affected —
3.1.0 p5 affected —
3.2.0 p1 affected —
3.1.0 p6 affected —
3.2.0 p2 affected —
3.1.0 p7 affected —
3.3.0 affected —
3.2.0 p3 affected —
3.2.0 p4 affected —
3.1.0 p8 affected —
3.2.0 p5 affected —
3.2.0 p6 affected —
3.1.0 p9 affected —
3.3 Patch 2 affected —
3.3 Patch 1 affected —
3.3 Patch 3 affected —
3.4.0 affected —
3.2.0 p7 affected —
3.3 Patch 4 affected —
3.4 Patch 1 affected —
3.1.0 p10 affected —
3.3 Patch 5 affected —
3.3 Patch 6 affected —
3.4 Patch 2 affected —
3.3 Patch 7 affected —
3.4 Patch 3 affected —
3.5.0 affected —
3.4 Patch 4 affected —
3.3 Patch 8 affected —
3.2 Patch 8 affected —
3.5 Patch 1 affected —
3.3 Patch 9 affected —
3.2 Patch 9 affected —
3.4 Patch 5 affected —
3.5 Patch 3 affected —
3.5 Patch 2 affected —
3.3 Patch 10 affected —
Cisco Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector unknown
Version Status Constraints
3.2.0 affected —
3.1.0 affected —
3.3.0 affected —
3.4.0 affected —
3.5.0 affected —

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-traversal-xNt7wb2Y cve-icon
History

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform path traversal attacks on the underlying operating system to either read or delete arbitrary files. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.  This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive files or delete arbitrary files on the affected system.
Title Cisco Identity Services Engine Path Traversal Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-15T17:58:15.091Z

Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.384Z

Link: CVE-2026-20146

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-15T17:58:11.464Z

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