{"id":"CVE-2026-20130","title":"As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC), engineering teams have conducted a comprehensive internal secur…","summary":"As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC), engineering teams have conducted a comprehensive internal secur…","severity":"critical","cvss":10,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-74"],"vendor":"cisco","product":"identity_services_engine","affected":["identity_services_engine >= 3.1.0, < 3.3.0","identity_services_engine = 3.3.0","identity_services_engine = 3.4.0","identity_services_engine = 3.5.0","identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector >= 3.1.0, < 3.3.0","identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector = 3.3.0","identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector = 3.4.0"],"patched":["identity_services_engine 3.3.0","identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector 3.3.0"],"published":"2026-09-16","updated":"2026-09-28","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-28T13:02:21.450","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20130","references":[{"url":"https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-ise-XU5EwX5T","label":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://software.cisco.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vendor-advisory","cisco"],"epss":0.0054,"epssPercentile":0.45267,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-18T03:55:56.021902Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-16T16:37:52.195Z","slug":"CVE-2026-20130","body":"## Overview\n\nAs part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC), engineering teams have conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.\r\n\r\nThe vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20130 are related to improper neutralization of special elements issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-74.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `identity_services_engine >= 3.1.0, < 3.3.0`\n- `identity_services_engine = 3.3.0`\n- `identity_services_engine = 3.4.0`\n- `identity_services_engine = 3.5.0`\n- `identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector >= 3.1.0, < 3.3.0`\n- `identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector = 3.3.0`\n- `identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector = 3.4.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `identity_services_engine 3.3.0`\n- `identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector 3.3.0`\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **cisco-sa-hardening-ise-XU5EwX5T** · Cisco · affected: Cisco Identity Services Engine Software (245 versions), Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (6 versions) · updated 2026-09-16 · [advisory](https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-ise-XU5EwX5T)","depth":"midnight","depthScore":55,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":55,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}