Cisco Identity Services Engine Authorization Bypass Vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to modify parts of the configuration on an affected device. These vulnerabilities are due to the lack of server-side validation of Administrator permissions. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by submitting a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify descriptions of files on specific pages. To exploit these vulnerabilities, an attacker would need valid Administrator credentials. Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities. There are no workarounds that address these vulnerabilities. This advisory is available at the following link:https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-auth-bypass-1-MxcTNgwx This advisory is part of a group of advisories. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see Cisco Advance Notification for Publication of September 16, 2026, Security Advisories. In addition, for further documentation of improvements and fixes in Cisco Identity Services Engine, see Cisco Identity Services Engine Security Hardening Release: September 2026. Security Impact Rating: Medium CVE: CVE-2026-20285,CVE-2026-20286