Cisco Identity Services Engine (cisco-sa-ise-multi-G5WP8vv)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 321492

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco ISE is affected by a vulnerability.

- A vulnerability in Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. 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 user- level access to the underlying operating system and then elevate privileges to root. In single-node deployments, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause the affected ISE node to become unavailable, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. In that condition, endpoints that have not already authenticated would be unable to access the network until the node is restored. (CVE-2026-20181)

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCwt22913, CSCwt22936

See Also

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwt22913

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwt22936

http://www.nessus.org/u?039db89a

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 321492

File Name: cisco-sa-ise-multi-G5WP8vv_CVE-2026-20181.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Family: CISCO

Published: 6/18/2026

Updated: 7/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-20181

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:cisco:identity_services_engine, cpe:/a:cisco:identity_services_engine, cpe:/a:cisco:identity_services_engine_software

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/ISE/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-20181

CWE: 22, 285

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-ise-multi-G5WP8vv

IAVA: 2026-A-0434

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwt22913, CSCwt22936