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CVE-2025-20286

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

Cisco CVSS 9.9 Updated March 12, 2026

Executive Risk Summary

"A vulnerability in Cisco ISE cloud deployments could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive data, execute limited administrative operations, modify system configurations, or disrupt services within the impacted systems. The vulnerability exists due to improperly generated credentials when Cisco ISE is deployed on cloud platforms, resulting in shared credentials across multiple deployments."

Operational Audit Arsenal

Target Type Executable
Target Asset Cisco ISE
Standard Path %PROGRAMFILES%\Cisco\Cisco ISE
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: Cisco ISE (Executable)
$Targets = 'Cisco ISE'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")

Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | 
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}

Patch Impact Forecast

Reboot Required Likely

Authentication and authorization services may be affected

Internal Work Notes

CVE-2025-20286: Cisco ISE cloud deployment vulnerability allowing unauthorized access and potential service disruption. Apply patch and rotate credentials to mitigate risk.

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