{"id":"CVE-2026-20234","published":"2026-09-16T17:17:16.537","lastModified":"2026-09-17T12:17:25.487","description":"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 security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.\r\n\r\nThe vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20234 are related to insufficiently protected credentials issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-522.","cvssScore":9.9,"cvssSeverity":"CRITICAL","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwes":["CWE-522"],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-ise-XU5EwX5T","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":{"summary":"CVE-2026-20234 involves insufficiently protected credentials, a critical flaw that could allow unauthorized access to sensitive information and systems.","exploitability":"Exploitation requires access to the affected credentials, which could be difficult if proper access controls are in place.","blast_radius":"If exploited, the impact could be high, potentially leading to data breaches and system compromise.","remediation":"Upgrade to the latest version of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) as soon as possible.","detection":"No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.","tags":["auth-bypass","credentials","network"],"model":"qwen2.5:7b-instruct","analyzedAt":"2026-09-27T08:58:43.106Z"}}