Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-76519

Actively exploited
Cisco Secure Email

Cisco Secure Email Gateway Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

CVSS 3.1
9.8Critical

Official description

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.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
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

VendorProductVersionsSource
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
2026-10-14
Last updated
2026-10-15
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
cisco
Kolun priority
87 · Critical

CISA KEV catalog

Date added
2026-10-14
Due date
2026-10-17
Used in ransomware
Unknown

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

6.22%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
93.5%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
  • 2026-11-066.22%
  • 2026-11-032.15%

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
Yes
Exploitation
Active
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-23
    Relative Path Traversal