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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 2, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-12261

CVE-2017-12261

Description

A vulnerability in the restricted shell of the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) that is accessible via SSH could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary CLI commands with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of the user input for CLI commands issued at the restricted shell. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the targeted device and executing commands that could lead to elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid user credentials to the device to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability affects the following Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) products running Release 1.4, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0: ISE, ISE Express, ISE Virtual Appliance. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve74916.

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Affected products

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  • Cisco Systems, Inc./Identity Services Engine Software4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Cisco Systems, Inc./Identity Services Engine Express5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine_express:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine_express:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine_express:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine_express:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine_express:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 1.4, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0
  • Cisco Systems, Inc./Identity Services Engine Virtual Appliance4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine_virtual_appliance:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine_virtual_appliance:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine_virtual_appliance:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine_virtual_appliance:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine_virtual_appliance:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Cisco Systems, Inc./ISEllm-fuzzy
    Range: 1.4, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0
  • Cisco Systems, Inc./ISE Virtual Appliancellm-fuzzy
    Range: 1.4, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0

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