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GHSA-MC6Q-XFC2-72Q5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-16 21:32 – Updated: 2026-09-16 21:32

Details

This vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication checks that are performed while a user is being onboarded. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by spoofing the legitimate user and triggering a redirection to the guest web portal. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to take over the user session and gain access to the protected 802.1X network.

Severity

3.8 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2026-20071 (GCVE-0-2026-20071)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 20:20 – Updated: 2026-09-17 14:05

Title

ISE 802.1x Session Hijack Vulnerability

Summary

A vulnerability in the SSID bring-your-own-device (BYOD) onboarding workflow of Cisco ISE could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to hijack the onboarding session of another user and access protected 802.1X networks. This vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication checks that are performed while a user is being onboarded. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by spoofing the legitimate user and triggering a redirection to the guest web portal. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to take over the user session and gain access to the protected 802.1X network.

Severity

3.8 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-17 14:05 UTC

CWE

CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Assigner

cisco mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/c…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Cisco	Cisco Identity Services Engine Software	Affected: 3.1.0 Affected: 3.1.0 p1 Affected: 3.1.0 p3 Affected: 3.1.0 p2 Affected: 3.2.0 Affected: 3.1.0 p4 Affected: 3.1.0 p5 Affected: 3.2.0 p1 Affected: 3.1.0 p6 Affected: 3.2.0 p2 Affected: 3.1.0 p7 Affected: 3.3.0 Affected: 3.2.0 p3 Affected: 3.2.0 p4 Affected: 3.1.0 p8 Affected: 3.2.0 p5 Affected: 3.2.0 p6 Affected: 3.1.0 p9 Affected: 3.3 Patch 2 Affected: 3.3 Patch 1 Affected: 3.3 Patch 3 Affected: 3.4.0 Affected: 3.2.0 p7 Affected: 3.3 Patch 4 Affected: 3.4 Patch 1 Affected: 3.1.0 p10 Affected: 3.3 Patch 5 Affected: 3.3 Patch 6 Affected: 3.4 Patch 2 Affected: 3.3 Patch 7 Affected: 3.4 Patch 3 Affected: 3.5.0 Affected: 3.4 Patch 4 Affected: 3.3 Patch 8 Affected: 3.2 Patch 8 Affected: 3.5 Patch 1 Affected: 3.3 Patch 9 Affected: 3.2 Patch 9 Affected: 3.4 Patch 5 Affected: 3.5 Patch 3 Affected: 3.5 Patch 2 Affected: 3.3 Patch 10 Affected: 3.3 Patch 11 Affected: 3.4 Patch 6 Affected: 3.2 Patch 10 Affected: 3.1.0 p72 Affected: 3.1.0 p11 Affected: 3.3 Patch 12

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