CVE-2026-20148 (GCVE-0-2026-20148)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-15 16:03
Modified
2026-04-15 16:56
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CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
A vulnerability in Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform path traversal attacks on the underlying operating system and read arbitrary files. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.
This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive files on the affected system.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Identity Services Engine Software |
Version: 3.1.0 Version: 3.1.0 p1 Version: 3.1.0 p3 Version: 3.1.0 p2 Version: 3.2.0 Version: 3.1.0 p4 Version: 3.1.0 p5 Version: 3.2.0 p1 Version: 3.1.0 p6 Version: 3.2.0 p2 Version: 3.1.0 p7 Version: 3.3.0 Version: 3.2.0 p3 Version: 3.2.0 p4 Version: 3.1.0 p8 Version: 3.2.0 p5 Version: 3.2.0 p6 Version: 3.1.0 p9 Version: 3.3 Patch 2 Version: 3.3 Patch 1 Version: 3.3 Patch 3 Version: 3.4.0 Version: 3.2.0 p7 Version: 3.3 Patch 4 Version: 3.4 Patch 1 Version: 3.1.0 p10 Version: 3.3 Patch 5 Version: 3.3 Patch 6 Version: 3.4 Patch 2 Version: 3.3 Patch 7 Version: 3.4 Patch 3 Version: 3.5.0 Version: 3.4 Patch 4 Version: 3.3 Patch 8 Version: 3.2 Patch 8 Version: 3.5 Patch 1 Version: 3.3 Patch 9 Version: 3.2 Patch 9 |
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