SB2026040170 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem



SB2026040170 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem

Published: April 1, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026040170
CSH Severity
Critical
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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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.