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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is in the KEV database since today.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Cisco Cisco Secure Email unknown
Version Status Constraints
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 —

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References
Link Providers
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-afw-zqYJkjxp cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2026-10-14T00:00:00+00:00', 'dueDate': '2026-10-17T00:00:00+00:00'}

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Cisco Secure Email Gateway Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-23
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T19:35:27.772Z

Reserved: 2026-08-19T12:02:03.642Z

Link: CVE-2026-76519

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-14T17:19:10.747

Modified: 2026-10-14T17:19:10.747

Link: CVE-2026-76519

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