Cisco Identity Services Engine Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability

published 2022-08-10 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-26164

cvss: 4.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in the External RESTful Services (ERS) API of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is due to excessive verbosity in a specific REST API output. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information, including administrative credentials for an external authentication server. Note: To successfully exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid ERS administrative credentials.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

cisco identity_services_engine 2.6.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-11-01)

Exploit prediction

0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine Software

Classification

Weakness

CWE-549 Missing Password Field Masking
CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-pwd-WH64AhQF
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-20914
NVD CVE-2022-20914

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Summary