CVE-2026-20160 PUBLISHED

Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Assigner: cisco
Reserved: 08.10.2025 Published: 01.04.2026 Updated: 02.04.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Product Status

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem
Versions Default: unknown
  • Version 9-202502 is affected
  • Version 9-202504 is affected
  • Version 9-202507 is affected
  • Version 9-202510 is affected

Exploits

The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.

References

Problem Types

  • Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere cwe