CriticalCritical vulnerability
CVE-2026-76454 (CVSS 9.1)
NVD · officialPublished Oct 7, 2026Risk 50/100
A vulnerability in the Cisco Smart Licensing Utility API of Cisco License On-Prem, formerly Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem (SSM On-Prem), could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files to the system or cause a DoS condition on an affected application. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation and a lack of authentication in the management API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the affected API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify system files or cause a DoS condition.
Technical details
CVSS
9.1
AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:NoneUI:NoneC:NoneI:HighA:High
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