Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-76519

CVE-2026-76519

Cisco Cisco Secure Email — Cisco Secure Email Gateway Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

Description · from the CVE record

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.

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-afw-zqYJkjxprefcisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-76519kevcisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog