CRITICAL 9.8 NVD ACTIVELY EXPLOITED
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 arbitrar
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.
References
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-76519
This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 was published on 2026-10-14 via NVD. ⚠ This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — it is being actively exploited in the wild.
Risk Timeline
CVE Disclosed2026-10-14 · -1 days ago
CISA KEV — Actively ExploitedU.S. federal agencies required to patch · confirmed threat-actor activity
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