Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Cisco Secure Email Gateway Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability
CVE-2026-76519
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.
CISA KEV
SSVC: Active Exploitation
Automatable
CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:5.9
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-23 ↗Relative Path Traversal
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
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Cisco Systems, Inc. · Hosted Service · USA |
| Reserved | 2026-08-19T12:02:03 |
| Published | 2026-10-14T16:07:51 |
| Last Updated | 2026-10-14T19:58:23 |
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