CVSS 3.1
5.3 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NCVE-2026-20241
Medium (5.3).
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.
Severity
- CISA's assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial, assessed 2026-11-04. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
- CWE
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
- OWASP Top 10
- A01:2025 Broken Access Control
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.1.0 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.1.0 p1 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.1.0 p3 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.1.0 p2 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.2.0 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.1.0 p4 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.1.0 p5 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.2.0 p1 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.1.0 p6 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.2.0 p2 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.1.0 p7 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.3.0 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.2.0 p3 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.2.0 p4 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.1.0 p8 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.2.0 p5 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.2.0 p6 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.1.0 p9 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.3 Patch 2 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.3 Patch 1 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.3 Patch 3 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.4.0 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.2.0 p7 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.3 Patch 4 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.4 Patch 1 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.1.0 p10 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.3 Patch 5 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.3 Patch 6 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.4 Patch 2 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.3 Patch 7 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.4 Patch 3 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.5.0 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.4 Patch 4 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.3 Patch 8 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.2 Patch 8 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.5 Patch 1 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.3 Patch 9 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.2 Patch 9 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.4 Patch 5 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.5 Patch 3 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.5 Patch 2 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.3 Patch 10 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.3 Patch 11 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.4 Patch 6 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.2 Patch 10 |
| Cisco Identity Services Engine Software | 3.1.0 p11 |
| Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector | 3.2.0 |
| Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector | 3.1.0 |
| Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector | 3.3.0 |
| Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector | 3.4.0 |
| Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector | 3.5.0 |
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits. More on the page of CWE-285 (16).