Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Cisco License On-Prem Security Hardening Release
CVE-2026-76480
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the engineering team for Cisco License On-Prem, formerly Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem (SSM On-Prem), has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76480 are related to issues with improper authentication that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-306.
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CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:5.9
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-306 ↗Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco License On-Prem | 7-202001 (affected), 1.1 (affected), 6.3.0 (affected), 8-202004 (affected), 8-202006 (affected), 1.2 (affected), 1.3 (affected), 8-202012 (affected), 8-202010 (affected), 8-202008 (affected), 9-202201 (affected), 8-202102 (affected), 1.4 (affected), 8-202105 (affected), 8-202108 (affected), 8-202112 (affected), 8-202201 (affected), 8-202206 (affected), 8-202212 (affected), 8-202302 (affected), 8-202303 (affected), 8-202304 (affected), 8-202308 (affected), 8-202401 (affected), 8-202404 (affected), 9-202406 (affected), 9-202407 (affected), 9-202410 (affected), 9-202412 (affected), 9-202501 (affected), 9-202502 (affected), 9-202504 (affected), 9-202507 (affected), 9-202510 (affected), 9-202601 (affected), 10-202606 (affected), 10-202608 (affected) |
References & Technical Advisories
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Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Cisco Systems, Inc. · Hosted Service · USA |
| Reserved | 2026-08-19T12:02:03 |
| Published | 2026-10-07T16:15:52 |
| Last Updated | 2026-10-08T03:55:42 |
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