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CVE-2026-76461

Cisco Secure Email Gateway SQL Injection Vulnerability

Cisco Secure Email · 14.0.0-698

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Severity
CVSS 9.8 · Critical
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Trusted Third Party Report
EPSS
29.5%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2026-76461 is an unauthenticated Cisco Secure Email Gateway SQL Injection Vulnerability.

Have exploitation attempts been observed?

Yes. Exploitation attempts have been reported for this vulnerability. Previdian lists it as a known exploited vulnerability. Listed in CISA KEV. Also reported by third-party sources. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

Cisco Secure Email, including 14.0.0-698, 13.5.1-277, and 13.0.0-392.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Cisco Secure Email Gateway SQL Injection Vulnerability

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.

Cisco Affected
Cisco Secure Email
14.0.0-698 13.5.1-277 13.0.0-392 14.2.0-620 13.0.5-007 13.5.4-038 14.2.1-020 14.3.0-032 15.0.0-104 15.0.1-030 15.5.0-048 15.5.1-055 15.5.2-018 16.0.0-050 15.0.3-002 16.0.0-054 15.5.3-022 16.0.1-017 15.5.4-012 16.0.4-016 15.0.5-016 16.0.2-112 16.0.3-044
Published
14 Sep 2026
Exploitation Attempts Reported
14 Sep 2026
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

edge cisa

CVE References

  • CVE Record CVE.org · CVE Record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-76461
  • cisco-sa-esa-inj-2bLVGmhX sec.cloudapps.cisco.com · CVE Record https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurity...

Exploitation evidence

Evidence of exploitation attempts

Third-party attestation and first-party sensor observation are shown separately so teams can judge the evidence chain.

Exploitation Attempts Observed in the Wild

Cisco PSIRT CSAF

Recorded 14 Sep 2026

A trusted third party reported exploitation attempts.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
Cisco PSIRT CSAF First 2026-09-14 16:00 UTC
Cisco Security Advisory 2026-09-14 16:19 UTC
CISA 2026-09-14 19:40 UTC
CVE 2026-09-14 19:50 UTC
The Hacker News 2026-09-15 06:11 UTC
CERT Polska 2026-09-15 11:16 UTC
Rapid7 2026-09-15 12:22 UTC
Qualys ThreatPROTECT 2026-09-15 13:37 UTC
Arctic Wolf 2026-09-15 19:12 UTC
SOCRadar 2026-09-16 13:57 UTC
TheRegister 2026-09-17 12:40 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

9.8 Critical

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

29.5%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') CWE-89

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Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation attempts

  1. 12:40 UTC

    KEV confirmed by TheRegister

    Exploitation attempts reported by an external source

  2. 13:57 UTC

    KEV confirmed by SOCRadar

    Exploitation attempts reported by an external source

  3. 19:12 UTC

    KEV confirmed by Arctic Wolf

    Exploitation attempts reported by an external source

  4. 13:37 UTC

    KEV confirmed by Qualys ThreatPROTECT

    Exploitation attempts reported by an external source

  5. 12:22 UTC

    KEV confirmed by Rapid7

    Exploitation attempts reported by an external source

  6. 11:16 UTC

    KEV confirmed by CERT Polska

    Exploitation attempts reported by an external source

  7. 06:11 UTC

    KEV confirmed by The Hacker News

    Exploitation attempts reported by an external source

  8. 19:50 UTC

    KEV confirmed by CVE

    Exploitation attempts reported by an external source

  9. 19:40 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  10. 16:19 UTC

    KEV confirmed by Cisco Security Advisory

    Exploitation attempts reported by an external source

  11. 16:09 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  12. 16:00 UTC

    Added to Previdian KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party report of exploitation attempts

  13. 12:02 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "cve_id": "CVE-2026-76461",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 9.8,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.29543,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}