CVE-2026-20282

medium
Assigned by CNA: cisco
Published 2026-09-16 · Modified 2026-09-16
CVSS v3
4.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.9

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to obtain write access on the underlying operating system of an affected device. 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 write access to the underlying operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. Note: For CVE-2026-20282, Cisco has assigned a Security Impact Rating (SIR) of High rather than Medium as the score indicates. The reason is that it is easy to get to root from the achieved privilege level.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
59%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

CWEs

CWE-641

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.