CVE-2020-27122: Cisco Identity Services Engine

Medium severity, CVSS 6.7. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the Microsoft Active Directory integration of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to have a valid administrator account on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect privilege assignment. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the system with a crafted Active Directory account. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain root privileges on an affected device.

Affected products

• Cisco Identity Services Engine: before 3.0.0 (fixed in 3.0.0)

Published 2020-11-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.