【Vulnerability Alert】 Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem Contains a Critical Security Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20160)

publish date : 2026-04-13 update date : 2026-04-13

Source: Ministry of education information & communication security contingency platform

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Publication Number TACERT-ANA-2026041002042222 Publication Time 2026/04/10 14:17
Incident Type ANA-Vulnerability Alert Discovery Time 2026/04/10 14:17
Impact Level Low  
[Subject]
【Vulnerability Alert】 Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem Contains a Critical Security Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20160)
[Content]
Forwarded from TWCERTCC-200-202604-00000003

Recently, Cisco issued a critical security advisory for Smart Software Manager (CVE-2026-20160, CVSS: 9.8). This vulnerability may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system.

(Information Sharing Level: WHITE (Information content can be publicly disclosed)
[Affected Platform]

Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem versions 9-202502 to 9-202510
[Recommended Actions]

Please update to Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem version 9-202601 or later (inclusive).
[Reference]
https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-169-10822-dad9b-1.html
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