Cisco Identity Services Engine Password Disclosure to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. 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 recover service account passwords that are saved on an affected system. 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. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to recover passwords and expose those accounts to further attack.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
Why it matters now
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 | N/A | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Cisco Identity Services Engine Software VendorCisco Affected N/A Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:002.002\(000.916\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 002.002(000.916) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:002.003\(000.906\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 002.003(000.906) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:002.004\(000.911\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 002.004(000.911) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:002.006\(000.902\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 002.006(000.902) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:002.002\(000.916\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 002.002(000.916) Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:002.003\(000.906\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 002.003(000.906) Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:002.004\(000.911\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 002.004(000.911) Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:002.006\(000.902\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 002.006(000.902) Vulnerable ·Cisco
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-3525
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9m4j-24c8-q3mj
References
Advisory 1
Other 4
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-tls-dos-xW53TBhb
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-dcnm-authbypass-YVJzqgk2
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-dcnm-pa-trav-bMdfSTTq
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cucm-cuc-imp-xss-XtpzfM5e
More Cisco Identity Services Engine vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2020-3525 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-3525 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9m4j-24c8-q3mj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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