CVE-2026-20160CRITICAL 9.8EPSS p55.4%

CVE-2026-20160CVE-2026-20160

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS 3.19.8 (CRITICAL)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.91% probability of exploitation · percentile 55.4% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2026-04-01
Last modified2026-04-03

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-668

References

  1. https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ssm-cli-execution-cHUcWuNr

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TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessExposure of Resource to Wrong Spherecwe-6680%live

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