CVE catalog

CVE-2026-20160

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 SS

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Severity
Critical · CVSS 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.91% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Cpesmart_software_manager_on-premNot reported9-202601fixed
Cpesmart_software_manager_on-premNot reported9-202601fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Cpesmart_software_manager_on-premcpeNot reported9-202601Not reportedNot reportedNot reported
Cpesmart_software_manager_on-premcpeNot reported9-202601Not reportedNVD-CVE-2026-20160Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

No matching packages in this catalog.

Observed:

References

[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)]