CVE-2026-20194 (GCVE-0-2026-20194)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-16 20:05
Modified
2026-09-18 03:55
Severity ?
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-669 - Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres
Summary
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-2026-20194 are related to incorrect resource transfer between spheres that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-669.
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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
Version: 3.4 Patch 5
Version: 3.5 Patch 3
Version: 3.5 Patch 2
Version: 3.3 Patch 10
Version: 3.3 Patch 11
Version: 3.4 Patch 6
Version: 3.2 Patch 10
Version: 3.1.0 p72
Version: 3.1.0 p11
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   Cisco Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector Version: 3.2.0
Version: 3.1.0
Version: 3.3.0
Version: 3.4.0
Version: 3.5.0
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