Identity Services Engine — Cyber Threats, Attacks & Incidents

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
5
occurrences
First Seen
January 8, 2026
Last Seen
June 18, 2026

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is Cisco's enterprise network access control and policy management platform that centralizes authentication, authorization, device profiling, posture assessment, and guest access for wired and wireless networks.

Overview

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is Cisco's enterprise network access control and policy management platform that centralizes authentication, authorization, device profiling, posture assessment, and guest access for wired and wireless networks. Its significance in cybersecurity derives from enforcing identity-based security across network access, making vulnerabilities in ISE potentially high-impact and prompting urgent remediation when disclosed.

Related Threat Clusters

Recent Intelligence Reports

  • Cisco fixed a critical ISE vulnerability that lets attackers to gain root access — Securityaffairs.Co · June 18, 2026
  • Cisco: Code injection vulnerability in Unity Connection and other flaws — Heise.De · May 7, 2026
  • Cisco patches ISE bug after exploit goes public — Cybernews · January 9, 2026
  • Patch Cisco ISE bug now before attackers abuse proof-of — Theregister · January 8, 2026
  • Public PoC prompts Cisco patch for ISE, ISE — Securityaffairs.Co · January 8, 2026

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown