TI-2018-11016 Aliases CVE-2018-15456 GHSA-p8fm-vh24-mr35

Cisco Identity Services Engine Password Recovery Vulnerability

LOW 25CWE-200Published 2019-01-10 · Updated 2024-11-21

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

A vulnerability in the Admin Portal of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to view saved passwords in plain text. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect inclusion of saved passwords when loading configuration pages in the Admin Portal. An attacker with read or write access to the Admin Portal could exploit this vulnerability by browsing to a page that contains sensitive data. An exploit could allow the attacker to recover passwords for unauthorized use and expose those accounts to further attack.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01281 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Cisco	Cisco Identity Services Engine Software	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

Cisco Identity Services Engine Software VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.2\(0.470\):::::::*	2.2(0.470)	Vulnerable	Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.3\(0.298\):::::::*	2.3(0.298)	Vulnerable	Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.4\(0.357\):::::::*	2.4(0.357)	Vulnerable	Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.4\(100.159\):::::::*	2.4(100.159)	Vulnerable	Cisco

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.2\(0.470\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2(0.470) Vulnerable ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.3\(0.298\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3(0.298) Vulnerable ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.4\(0.357\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4(0.357) Vulnerable ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.4\(100.159\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4(100.159) Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-15456
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p8fm-vh24-mr35

References

Advisory 1

20190109 Cisco Identity Services Engine Password Recovery Vulnerability

TI-2026-53488 Cisco Identity Services Engine Authentication Bypass Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2025-14632 Cisco ISE API Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2025-14578 Cisco ISE API Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2025-14579 Cisco ISE API Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2022-05522 OS command injection in Cisco Identity Services Engine Software CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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