QID 317069

Date Published: 2021-10-07

QID 317069: Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (cisco-sa-ise-priv-esc-UwqPrBM3)

A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection attack and elevate privileges to root.

Affected Versions:
This vulnerability affects Cisco devices if they are running a vulnerable release of Cisco ISE in a distributed deployment.
2.4 prior to 2.6 Patch 10
prior to 2.7 Patch 5
prior to 3.1
QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
The check matches the Cisco ISE version and ise_patch retrieved via Unix Auth using "show version" command.

A successful exploit could allow the attacker to run arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.1 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 9.3 severity.
  • Solution

    Customers are advised to refer to cisco-sa-ise-priv-esc-UwqPrBM3 for more information.

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    cisco-sa-ise-priv-esc-UwqPrBM3 URL Logo tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-priv-esc-UwqPrBM3

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