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Vendor advisoryKnown exploitedSeverity 9.8 criticalExploit likelihood 40%
Cisco Secure Email Gateway SQL Injection Vulnerability
cisco-sa-esa-inj-2bLVGmhX · Cisco · September 14, 2026
Summary
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 has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
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What to do
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
Vendor fix or mitigation, quoted from the advisory.
Each CVE in this advisory
| CVE | Severity | Known exploited | Exploit likelihood |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-76461 | 9.8 critical | Exploited | 40.2% |
Severity from the advisory (CVSS), known exploitation from CISA's catalog, exploit likelihood from EPSS (next 30 days).
Affected products
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Change history
- September 14, 2026: Initial public release.
- September 17, 2026: Added clarification regarding clustered appliances.
- November 3, 2026: Updated information related to Release 15.5.5-014 in the Fixed Releases table.
- November 9, 2026: First collected by Watch
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