---
id: CVE-2026-76480
title: >-
  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…
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…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-306
vendor: Cisco
product: Cisco License On-Prem
affected:
  - license_on-prem 7-202001
  - license_on-prem 1.1
  - license_on-prem 6.3.0
  - license_on-prem 8-202004
  - license_on-prem 8-202006
  - license_on-prem 1.2
  - license_on-prem 1.3
  - license_on-prem 8-202012
  - license_on-prem 8-202010
  - license_on-prem 8-202008
  - license_on-prem 9-202201
  - license_on-prem 8-202102
  - license_on-prem 1.4
  - license_on-prem 8-202105
  - license_on-prem 8-202108
  - license_on-prem 8-202112
  - license_on-prem 8-202201
  - license_on-prem 8-202206
  - license_on-prem 8-202212
  - license_on-prem 8-202302
  - license_on-prem 8-202303
  - license_on-prem 8-202304
  - license_on-prem 8-202308
  - license_on-prem 8-202401
  - license_on-prem 8-202404
  - license_on-prem 9-202406
  - license_on-prem 9-202407
  - license_on-prem 9-202410
  - license_on-prem 9-202412
  - license_on-prem 9-202501
  - license_on-prem 9-202502
  - license_on-prem 9-202504
  - license_on-prem 9-202507
  - license_on-prem 9-202510
  - license_on-prem 9-202601
  - license_on-prem 10-202606
  - license_on-prem 10-202608
published: '2026-10-07'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T17:17:00.620'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76480'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-ssm-Ph77wdhf
    label: psirt@cisco.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-07T16:47:56.800100Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T16:38:22.248Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.