# Cisco Smart Licensing Utility: Smart Licensing Utility Static Credential Vulnerability · pwn.watch

> Cisco Smart Licensing Utility contains a static credential vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system and gain administrative credentials. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-03-31.

Page: https://pwn.watch/i/cisco-smart-licensing-utility-cve-2024-20439 · generated 2026-10-22T22:00:08.805Z

## Status
- Severity: critical · status: closed · patch: patched
- Product: Cisco Smart Licensing Utility
- Started: 2025-03-31 · closed: 2025-03-31
- CVEs: CVE-2024-20439
- Affected: See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)
- Fixed in: See vendor advisory linked in sources

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- JSON Feed: https://pwn.watch/i/cisco-smart-licensing-utility-cve-2024-20439/feed.json
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- This file: https://pwn.watch/i/cisco-smart-licensing-utility-cve-2024-20439/llms.txt

## Updates (newest first)
- 2025-03-31: CISA added CVE-2024-20439 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-04-21).

## Fix brief
# Security brief: Cisco Smart Licensing Utility: Smart Licensing Utility Static Credential Vulnerability

Source: https://pwn.watch/i/cisco-smart-licensing-utility-cve-2024-20439 · status: closed (closed Mar 31, 2025) · severity: critical · updated Mar 31, 2025

## Patch status
**PATCHED: fixed releases exist. Upgrade to a fixed version.**

## What it is
Cisco Smart Licensing Utility contains a static credential vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system and gain administrative credentials. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-03-31.

Severity detail: CVSS 9.8 (CNA, v3.1); actively exploited (CISA KEV)

- Product: Cisco Smart Licensing Utility
- CVE / advisory ids: CVE-2024-20439

## Affected versions
- See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)

## Check whether you're affected
No generic command applies (the product is a hosted service, appliance or desktop app). Check the installed version in its admin UI / About screen and compare with the versions above.

## Fix
Upgrade to one of these fixed versions (or later on the same branch):
- See vendor advisory linked in sources

After upgrading, re-run the checks above and redeploy/restart the affected services.

## Secrets to rotate
This incident involves possible credential exposure. Rotate any credentials (API keys, tokens, env vars, SSH keys) that were present on affected systems or in affected builds while vulnerable/compromised versions were installed, and review access logs.

## Latest updates
- Mar 31, 2025: CISA added CVE-2024-20439 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-04-21).

## Advisories
- [Cisco advisory: Cisco Smart Licensing Utility](https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cslu-7gHMzWmw) (Cisco)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-20439](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20439) (NVD)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) (CISA)

## Caveats
Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. CVSS from the CVE record (cvelistV5). Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record; verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier; many entries are older CVEs newly confirmed as exploited in 2025).

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Machine-readable: https://pwn.watch/i/cisco-smart-licensing-utility-cve-2024-20439.json · all incidents: https://pwn.watch/incidents.json. Verify against the vendor advisory before changing production systems.