CVE-2026-76480 (GCVE-0-2026-76480)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-07 16:15 – Updated: 2026-10-07 16:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Cisco License On-Prem Security Hardening Release
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-07 16:47 UTC
CWE
- CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco License On-Prem |
Affected:
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 |
guessed |
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