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CVE-2026-20160

Cisco Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem — Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

EPSS 0.9%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
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CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 60.6.606 × 2012.1No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem (SSM On-Prem) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected SSM On-Prem host. This vulnerability is due to the unintentional exposure of an internal service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the API of the exposed service. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem9-202502–CNA
Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem9-202504–CNA
Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem9-202507–CNA
Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem9-202510–CNA

Scores by source

cisco (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refsec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ssm-cli-execution-cHUcWuNr