Cisco Smart Licensing Utility Flaws Enable Remote Privilege Escalation

Cisco has issued security updates to address two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-20439 and CVE-2024-20440, in its Smart Licensing Utility. These vulnerabilities could enable unauthenticated remote attackers to elevate privileges or access sensitive information. All systems running a vulnerable version of the Cisco Smart Licensing Utility are affected, regardless of their software configuration.