【Vulnerability Alert】Cisco Secure Email Gateway Contains a Critical Cybersecurity Vulnerability (CVE-2026-76461)

publish date : 2026-09-30 update date : 2026-10-02

Source: Ministry of education information & communication security contingency platform

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Publication Number TACERT-ANA-2026091708090303 Publication Time 2026-09-17 08:42:04
Incident Type ANA-Vulnerability Alert Discovery Time 2026-09-17 08:42:04
Impact Level Low  
[Subject]
【Vulnerability Alert】Cisco Secure Email Gateway Contains a Critical Cybersecurity Vulnerability (CVE-2026-76461)
[Content]

Forwarded from TWCERTCC Cybersecurity Alert TWCERTCC-200-202609-00000017

Cisco issued an advisory regarding a critical cybersecurity vulnerability affecting its Secure Email Gateway (CVE-2026-76461, CVSS: 9.8). This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to send a specially crafted email containing malicious SQL commands and remotely execute arbitrary code (RCE) with root privileges on the underlying operating system.

Note: Cisco has currently observed attackers exploiting this vulnerability. It is recommended to implement temporary mitigation measures as soon as possible to prevent potential attacks targeting this vulnerability.

Information Sharing Level: WHITE (the intelligence content is information that may be publicly disclosed)

[Affected Platform]

Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Secure Email Gateway version 15.5 and earlier
Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Secure Email Gateway version 16.0
Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Secure Email Gateway version 16.5

[Recommended Actions]

Please update to the following versions:

Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Secure Email Gateway version 15.5.5-014 or later
Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Secure Email Gateway version 16.0.4-302 or later
Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Secure Email Gateway version 16.5.0-780 or later

[Reference]

https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-169-11206-b668b-1.html

(This notification is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a cybersecurity incident).
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