SB2026040170 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem
Published: April 1, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-20151)
CWE-ID: CWE-201 - Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insertion of sensitive information into the sent data in the web interface. A remote user can send a specially crafted message to an affected Cisco SSM On-Prem host and retrieve session credentials from subsequent status messages.
2) Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-20160)
CWE-ID: CWE-668 - Exposure of resource to wrong sphere
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Red
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to an unintentional exposure of an internal service. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send specially crafted HTTP requests to the exposed API interface and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cssm-priv-esc-xRAnOuO8
- https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwr86065
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ssm-cli-execution-cHUcWuNr
- https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCws84279