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CVE-2026-76480

9.8 CRITICAL

Published 2026-10-07 · Updated 2026-10-08

AI risk analysis

Summary
CVE-2026-76480 involves improper authentication issues that could allow unauthorized access to the system.
Exploitability
Exploitation requires knowledge of the affected authentication mechanism and network access, making it moderately difficult.
Blast radius
If exploited, this could result in full system compromise, including data theft and control of the system.
Detection
No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
Prioritized remediation
Upgrade to the latest version of Cisco License On-Prem as soon as possible.
auth-bypasssystem-compromisenetwork

Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.

NVD description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-306

All references

Source data: NVD (nvd.nist.gov), public domain. Exploit-DB.ai adds local AI analysis for defensive use only.

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