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CVE-2026-20237

INDEX BUILT · 2026-10-18

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Cisco Identity Services Engine Hardening Release - Input Validation Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-202373 of 4 sources documented this
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rank 23 = 0 + 23 + 0 + 0 + 0

rank@v1 · backlog

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.00328  ·  without this subject the record ranks 23

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 9.1, from the CNA  ·  without this subject the record ranks 0

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

no persisting rise in 365 days  ·  without this subject the record ranks 23

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

0 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 23

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

no CISA due date  ·  without this subject the record ranks 23

Hindsight · the state

0.00328EPSSNOT IN KEVas of 2026-10-18
Severity9.1 CRITICALreceipt
Harmtotal lossreceipt
Exploitationnone in held sources
Defenseno fix version held
Movementone observationreceipt
SINGLE READINGOne observation held. There is no shape yet. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

Cisco SecurePalo AltoAtlassianApache Log4j2Ubiquiti IncIvanti Endpoint20237

This record is one instance of CWE-20, improper input validation. The index holds 13579 prior instances of this class, 75 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. taxonomy@v1

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Reachnetwork-reachable · high privileges required · no user interaction · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete confidentiality, integrity and availability loss, with impact beyond the vulnerable componentreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.1 · the CNA's vectorreceipt
Weakness classCWE-20 Improper Input Validationreceipt
Published consequencesCWE-20: Availability: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart, DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU), DoS: Resource Consumption (Memory); Confidentiality: Read Memory, Read Files or Directories…cwe-consequences@4.20

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

Fixed inNo fix version in held sources, as the index stood on 17 Sep 2026.
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.
BOD 26-04 deadlineIf the system is reachable from the internet: 14 days. If not: fix at the next system upgrade.derived
Show full BOD 26-04 deadline

CISA has not scored it, so the directive's own defaults apply: automatable no, technical impact total. Calendar days from the KEV listing or from when you find it on a system, whichever is first. Federal agencies are bound from 7 Dec 2026, and contracts often carry it to suppliers. The directive and its table

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Nothing observed in held sources.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, the CNA9.1 CRITICALreceipt
Exploit probability0.00328 · top 76% of all CVEsreceipt
Assigned byciscoreceipt
Recorded changes1 · last 18 Oct 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Affected productCisco Identity Services Engine Software; Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connectorreceipt

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Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$16,400over the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movementnot heldno dated series to read a change from
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$16,400 = $4.99M incident cost x 1 exposure x 0.00328 likelihood

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Attack path

Network requestrequires high privilegesCisco ISE Passive Identity ConnectorCWE-20 improper input validationAdjacent componentsscope changeFull compromise (C/I/A)C:H / I:H / A:Hexploits CWE-20scope changedata compromise

What it is stated by the CNA

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-2026-20237 are related to improper input validation issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-20. receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

weakness
CWE-20
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psirt@cisco.com 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Movement

Only one observation of this value is held, so there is no movement to show yet.

The full biography

Published2026-09-16Index as of2026-09-17

The record had been public for 1 day when this index was last written.

Published 2026-09-16 receipt · Index as of 2026-09-17 derived

The pattern, elsewhere

This record is one instance of CWE-20, improper input validation. The index holds 13579 prior instances of this class, 75 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. cwe-consequences@4.20

CVE-2025-20393 · Cisco Secure Emailmatches 8 of 9KEV listed · 2025receipt
CVE-2024-3400 · Palo Alto Networks PAN-OSmatches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2024receipt
CVE-2023-22515 · Atlassian Confluence Data Centermatches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2023receipt
CVE-2021-44228 · Apache Log4j2matches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2021receipt
CVE-2026-34910 · Ubiquiti Inc UniFi OS Servermatches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2026receipt
CVE-2026-6973 · Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobilematches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2026receipt

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13579 records in this class held. The six above are drawn from the ones CISA has listed as exploited, ranked by how much of the record matches this one. That is why every one of them is KEV-listed: the pool is, so the colour on those spokes says nothing the pool has not already said.

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