PT-2026-29563 · Cisco · Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem

Published 2026-04-01 · Updated 2026-04-01 · CVE-2026-20160

NVD

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Fix

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-668

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-20160

Affected Products

Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20160 · Security Note
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ssm-cli-execution-cHUcWuNr · Vendor Advisory