Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-76461
Actively exploited
Cisco Secure Email
Cisco Secure Email Gateway SQL Injection Vulnerability
CVSS 3.1
9.8Critical
Official description
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.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8Critical | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (cisco) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 13.0.0-392 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 13.0.5-007 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 13.5.1-277 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 13.5.4-038 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 14.0.0-698 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 14.2.0-620 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 14.2.1-020 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 14.3.0-032 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 15.0.0-104 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 15.0.1-030 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 15.0.3-002 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 15.0.5-016 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 15.5.0-048 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 15.5.1-055 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 15.5.2-018 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 15.5.3-022 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 15.5.4-012 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 16.0.0-050 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 16.0.0-054 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 16.0.1-017 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 16.0.2-112 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 16.0.3-044 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 16.0.4-016 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
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Details
- Published
- 2026-09-14
- Last updated
- 2026-09-18
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- cisco
- Kolun priority
- 88 · Critical
CISA KEV catalog
- Date added
- 2026-09-14
- Due date
- 2026-09-17
- Used in ransomware
- Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
40.16%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
98.6%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
- 2026-11-0640.16%
- 2026-11-0329.54%
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- Active
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')