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NVD Critical: CVE-2026-20160 — A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem (SSM On-Prem) could allo...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 05:28 PM UTC·Source: NIST NVD
Updated: Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 07:13 PM UTC
Executive Summary
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 expo
Analysis
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. Published: 2026-04-01T17:28:31.760.