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TI-2023-06872 Aliases CVE-2023-20166GHSA-h4h6-v7j3-3gh5

Cisco Identity Services Engine Path Traversal Vulnerabilities

Priority LOW 31CWE-24Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated attacker to perform path traversal attacks on the underlying operating system to either elevate privileges to root or read arbitrary files. To exploit these vulnerabilities, an attacker must have valid Administrator credentials on the affected device. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00221 12th 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
Total

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Softwareall versions—No fix listedCNA
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:3.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:3.2:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2 patch1VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:3.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:3.2:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2 patch1 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    Cisco Identity Services Engine Software — 20230517 Cisco Identity Services Engine Path Traversal Vulnerabilities

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2023-06873 Cisco Identity Services Engine Path Traversal VulnerabilitiesPriority LOW 29
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-20166
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h4h6-v7j3-3gh5

References

Advisory 1

  • 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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