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CVE-2026-76461

9.8 criticalKEVEPSS 30%

Critical (9.8) in Cisco Secure Email Gateway. In CISA KEV since 2026-09-14. EPSS 30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CISA KEV
listed 2026-09-14, due 2026-09-17
CWE
CWE-89
Published
Modified
Record from
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Affected

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