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CRITICAL Actively exploited CWE-23

CVE-2026-76519

Cisco Secure Email Gateway Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

Cisco·Secure Email Gateway

9.8/ 10
CVSS 3.1
Critical severity
6.2%
EPSS exploit odds
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Higher than 94% of all CVEs
Listed
CISA KEV catalog
Added
Oct 14, 2026
Fix due
Oct 17, 2026
Ransomware
Not known
Timeline
Published
Oct 14, 2026
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
First covered
Oct 15, 2026
Latest story
4 weeks ago

Summary

A vulnerability in the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature of Cisco Secure Email Gateway could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files on the underlying operating system.This vulnerability is due to improper handling of email attachments when the file reputation service is enabled. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an email that contains a crafted attachment through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write arbitrary files and execute commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system.

CWE-23Relative Path Traversal

Attack profile

Attack vectorNetwork
ComplexityLow
PrivilegesNone
User interactionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA required action

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Affected products

  • Cisco Secure Email14.0.0-69813.5.1-27713.0.0-39214.2.0-620

References

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