Vulnerability intelligence

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 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.

CVSS Score

9.8

Critical

EPSS — Exploit Probability

0.9%

Riskier than 56% of all CVEs

Exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

No federal exploitation record

Remediation

unknown

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