TI-2022-05292 Aliases CVE-2022-20733 GHSA-gqhw-x424-g962

Cisco Identity Services Engine Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

MEDIUM 50CWE-287Published 2022-06-15 · Updated 2024-11-06

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

A vulnerability in the login page of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in without credentials and access all roles without any restrictions. This vulnerability is due to exposed sensitive Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) metadata. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the exposed SAML metadata to bypass authentication to the user portal. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access all roles without any restrictions.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01144 66th 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: Yes
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 · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:3.1:-::::::	3.1	Vulnerable	Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:3.1:patch1::::::	3.1 patch1	Vulnerable	Cisco

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:3.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:3.1:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 patch1 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-20733
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gqhw-x424-g962

References

Advisory 1

20220615 Cisco Identity Services Engine Authentication Bypass 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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