Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Cisco Secure Email Gateway SQL Injection Vulnerability
CVE-2026-76461
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.
CISA KEV
SSVC: Active Exploitation
Automatable
Injection
CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:5.9
EPSS Probability:2.01%
Executive Threat Verdict
Evaluating...
Evaluating Threat Landscape...
Assessing known weaponization, exploitation telemetry, and federal advisories.
Attack Surface
—
Authentication
—
Weaponization
—
SSVC Action
—
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-89 ↗Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 14.0.0-698 (affected), 13.5.1-277 (affected), 13.0.0-392 (affected), 14.2.0-620 (affected), 13.0.5-007 (affected), 13.5.4-038 (affected), 14.2.1-020 (affected), 14.3.0-032 (affected), 15.0.0-104 (affected), 15.0.1-030 (affected), 15.5.0-048 (affected), 15.5.1-055 (affected), 15.5.2-018 (affected), 16.0.0-050 (affected), 15.0.3-002 (affected), 16.0.0-054 (affected), 15.5.3-022 (affected), 16.0.1-017 (affected), 15.5.4-012 (affected), 16.0.4-016 (affected), 15.0.5-016 (affected), 16.0.2-112 (affected), 16.0.3-044 (affected) |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
CISA KEV
ACTIVE IN CATALOG
EPSS Score
2.009%
GitHub Advisory
Vulnerability Class
Injection
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Cisco Systems, Inc. · Hosted Service · USA |
| Reserved | 2026-08-19T12:02:03 |
| Published | 2026-09-14T16:09:07 |
| Last Updated | 2026-09-18T12:10:27 |
Community Chatter & Buzz