CVE-2026-20234

9.9 CRITICAL

Published 2026-09-16 · Updated 2026-09-17

AI risk analysis

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.
Detection: No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
Prioritized remediation: Upgrade to the latest version of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) as soon as possible.

auth-bypasscredentialsnetwork

Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.

NVD 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. The 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-522

All references

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-ise-XU5EwX5T

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