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CVE-2024-20440

Cisco Smart Licensing Utility - Web UI

Cisco CVSS 7.5 Updated March 16, 2026

Executive Risk Summary

"A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information by exploiting excessive verbosity in a debug log file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain log files that contain sensitive data, including credentials that can be used to access the API."

Operational Audit Arsenal

Target Type Firmware Image
Target Asset Cisco Smart Licensing Utility
Standard Path Management Plane

Manual Verification Required

This is a non-Windows asset (Cisco). Use the target asset details and official path provided above to verify your current version against the official vendor advisories listed below.

Patch Impact Forecast

Reboot Required Likely

Moderate

Internal Work Notes

CVE-2024-20440: Unauthenticated remote access to sensitive information in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility due to excessive debug log verbosity. Verify version and apply patch as recommended by Cisco.

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