critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2026-76519Cisco Secure Email Gateway — Crafted Attachment Root File Write

When the file reputation service is enabled, the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature of Cisco Secure Email Gateway mishandles attachments. An unauthenticated attacker can send one crafted email to write arbitrary files and run commands as root.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Apply the guidance in Cisco advisory cisco-sa-esa-afw-zqYJkjxp to every Secure Email Gateway.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
9.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
2.2%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2026-10-14
Added to KEV
2026-10-14
CISA due date
2026-10-17
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190
Severity
critical

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

Attacker needsThe ability to send an email through an affected device with the file reputation service enabled.

Behind the card

3 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, published_at, referencesnvd.nist.gov2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added, exploitation.kev_duecisa.gov2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, subtitle, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-11-05claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

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