#VU124786 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem - CVE-2026-20160

 

#VU124786 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem - CVE-2026-20160

Published: April 1, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU124786
Vulnerability risk: Critical
CVSSv4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-20160
CWE-ID: CWE-668
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

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 updates from vendor's website.

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