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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2026-20130 json

Cisco Identity Services Engine Hardening Release - Improper Neutralization Vulnerabilities

published 2026-09-16 53 d ago modified 2026-09-28 42 d ago also EUVD-2026-81106

cvss
10.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

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-2026-20130 are related to improper neutralization of special elements issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-74.

Patch / fix

  • cisco identity_services_engine 3.3.0
  • cisco identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector 3.3.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
52 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
  • Cisco Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.