Cisco Security Advisories guidance
Vendor revision: Sep 16, 2026To remediate these vulnerabilities, Cisco strongly recommends that customers upgrade to the fixed software that is indicated in the advisories.
Vulnerability intelligence
CVE-2026-20282 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 4.9. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
To remediate these vulnerabilities, Cisco strongly recommends that customers upgrade to the fixed software that is indicated in the advisories.
Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities.
A vulnerability in Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to obtain write access on the underlying operating system of an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device.
A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain write access to the underlying operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.
Note: For CVE-2026-20282, Cisco has assigned a Security Impact Rating (SIR) of High rather than Medium as the score indicates. The reason is that it is easy to get to root from the achieved privilege level.
Source: NVD