# CVE-2026-76425: Cisco Identity Services Engine SQL injection in APIs

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-76425-cisco-identity-services-engine-sql-injection-in-apis  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-16. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-76425 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.6 · Published 2026-09-16

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is a network access control and identity management platform used to authenticate and authorize users and devices. A SQL injection vulnerability in ISE's APIs allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary database queries, potentially exposing sensitive identity and configuration data stored in the backend database and facilitating lateral movement or data theft.

Technologies: [Cisco Identity Services Engine](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/identity-services-engine). Vendors: [Cisco](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/cisco).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-76425 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-76425 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-76425?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.6, published 16 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Cisco Identity Services Engine.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-76425?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-76425 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-76425?** Check whether you run Cisco Identity Services Engine. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

This vulnerability is a SQL injection flaw (CWE-89) in Cisco ISE APIs caused by insufficient validation of parameters that are directly concatenated into SQL queries. An authenticated attacker with valid administrative credentials can send a crafted request containing SQL statements to a vulnerable API endpoint to read arbitrary data from the backend database and conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks. The vulnerability requires authentication and network access to the ISE REST API port. Cisco has released software updates to address this issue; no workarounds are available.

## Affected products

- Cisco Identity Services Engine

## Timeline

- 2026-09-16: disclosed

## References

- [https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-multi-hrP9jQSQ](https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-multi-hrP9jQSQ)

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