Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-76461

CVE-2026-76461

Cisco Cisco Secure Email — Cisco Secure Email Gateway SQL Injection Vulnerability

Description · from the CVE record

A vulnerability in the email parsing of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation in the email parsing logic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email message that contains malicious SQL statements through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary SQL statements, leading to command execution with root privileges on the underlying operating system.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Cisco Secure Email14.0.0-698–CNA
Cisco Secure Email13.5.1-277–CNA
Cisco Secure Email13.0.0-392–CNA
Cisco Secure Email14.2.0-620–CNA
Cisco Secure Email13.0.5-007–CNA
Cisco Secure Email13.5.4-038–CNA
Cisco Secure Email14.2.1-020–CNA
Cisco Secure Email14.3.0-032–CNA
Cisco Secure Email15.0.0-104–CNA
Cisco Secure Email15.0.1-030–CNA
Cisco Secure Email15.5.0-048–CNA
Cisco Secure Email15.5.1-055–CNA

Scores by source

cisco (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refsec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-inj-2bLVGmhXrefcisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-76461kevcisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog