CERT-FR: Cisco AsyncOS Secure Email Gateway RCE flaw CVE-2026-76519 actively exploited
CERT-FR advisory CERTFR-2026-AVI-1325, published 15 October 2026, reports a vulnerability in Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and compromise data integrity. Cisco states that CVE-2026-76519 is actively exploited. The advisory is based on Cisco security advisory cisco-sa-esa-afw-zqYJkjxp dated 14 October 2026. It gives no CVSS score, IOCs, attribution or details on the exploitation campaign.
Technical Details
- Affected: AsyncOS Software for Secure Email Gateway 15.5.x versions prior to 15.5.5-014.
- Affected: AsyncOS Software for Secure Email Gateway 16.x versions prior to 16.5.0-780.
- Impact: remote arbitrary code execution and data integrity compromise.
- Vendor advisory: cisco-sa-esa-afw-zqYJkjxp.
- The advisory does not state whether authentication is required or what the exploitation vector is.
Remediation
- Consult Cisco advisory cisco-sa-esa-afw-zqYJkjxp and upgrade to 15.5.5-014 or later (15.5.x branch) or 16.5.0-780 or later (16.x branch).
- Prioritize patching because of confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.
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CERT-FR: Cisco AsyncOS Secure Email Gateway RCE flaw CVE-2026-76519 actively exploited
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CERT-FR advisory CERTFR-2026-AVI-1325, published 15 October 2026, reports a vulnerability in Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and compromise data integrity. Cisco states that CVE-2026-76519 is actively exploited. The advisory is based on Cisco security advisory cisco-sa-esa-afw-zqYJkjxp dated 14 October 2026. It gives no CVSS score, IOCs, attribution or details on the exploitation campaign.
Technical Details
- Affected: AsyncOS Software for Secure Email Gateway 15.5.x versions prior to 15.5.5-014.
- Affected: AsyncOS Software for Secure Email Gateway 16.x versions prior to 16.5.0-780.
- Impact: remote arbitrary code execution and data integrity compromise.
- Vendor advisory: cisco-sa-esa-afw-zqYJkjxp.
- The advisory does not state whether authentication is required or what the exploitation vector is.
Remediation
- Consult Cisco advisory cisco-sa-esa-afw-zqYJkjxp and upgrade to 15.5.5-014 or later (15.5.x branch) or 16.5.0-780 or later (16.x branch).
- Prioritize patching because of confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.