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Advisory severityCritical10.0Cisco Exploited

Critical [CVE-2026-76480 +3] Cisco License (Smart Software Manager) On-Prem Security Hardening Release: October 2026

This critical-severity Cisco advisory covers CVE-2026-76480 and CVE-2026-76482 and 2 more CVEs affecting License On-Prem.

Aggregated and source-linked by VulniPulse. Data sources, validation and limitations. This bulletin covers 4 CVEs; its score, affected versions and guidance may apply to different issues within that bulletin.

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CVE-2026-76480CVE-2026-76482CVE-2026-76483CVE-2026-76484
Affected products & platforms
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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.

These vulnerabilities were found during internal testing and are not known to be actively exploited.

To assist customers in patching and streamline the disclosure process, Cisco has grouped these issues by their underlying vulnerability class — Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) — and assigned a single Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures identifier (CVE ID) to each CWE grouping.

Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities. There are no workarounds that address these vulnerabilities.

Affected versions
  • Scope: These vulnerabilities affect Cisco License On-Prem, regardless of software configuration. Previous releases of this software were called Cisco SSM On-Prem, and they are also affected.
  • 9-202601 and earlier — Migrate to a fixed release
  • Release 10-202608 and earlier (first fixed: 10-202609)

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 8 days ago·verify at source

Fixed versions
  • 10-202609

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 8 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • Upgrade to the first fixed release for your train per the Fixed Releases table in this advisory.
  • Release 9-202601 and earlier: migrate to a fixed release.
  • Release 10-202608 and earlier: upgrade to 10-202609.
Workaround status
  • There are no workarounds that address these vulnerabilities.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 8 days ago·verify at source

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