CVE-2026-76480 | defend.network

What is 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.

CVSS9.8 NVD 3.1

SeverityCRITICAL

ExploitationNo exploitation reported

EPSS<1% · P24

Triage statusNo Known Exploit

ActionPatch within 48 hours

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

CWECWE-306

NVD published2026-10-07

NVD last modified2026-10-08

Timeline

2026-10-07Published to the U.S. National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
2026-10-08NVD record last updated
2026-10-09First covered in a defend.network daily briefing

Affected product

See advisory

References

Referenced in our briefings & reports

Flax Typhoon infrastructure seized; Cisco NX-OS RCE patches released (2026-10-09)

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What is CVE-2026-76480?

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Affected product

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