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Cisco Secure Email CVE-2026-76442

| EUVDEUVD-2026-77626 HIGH
Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input (CWE-1284)
2026-09-14 cisco GHSA-wq94-r9v8-g7wm
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: cisco
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input size validation
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 15, 2026

Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager ship a hardening release that fixes multiple internally discovered input-validation defects grouped under CVE-2026-76442 (CWE-1284, improper validation of specified quantity in input). Successful exploitation by an unauthenticated remote attacker degrades availability (CVSS 3.1 7.5, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, C:N/I:N/A:H) on the affected appliances, potentially interrupting mail flow and administrative access. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV; CISA's SSVC assessment rates exploitation as none and automatable as no, so weaponization is not currently expected.

Affected VersionsENISA

Cisco Secure Email 16.0.0-050
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 13.0.0-249
Cisco Secure Email 16.0.0-054
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 13.8.1-068
Cisco Secure Email 15.0.5-016
Cisco Secure Email 15.0.0-104
Cisco Secure Email 15.5.4-012
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 16.5.0-429
Cisco Secure Email 15.5.2-018
Cisco Secure Email 15.5.1-055
Cisco Secure Email 16.0.3-044
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 13.8.1-108
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 15.5.1-024
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 15.5.4-007
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 12.8.1-002
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 16.0.3-016
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 14.2.0-203
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 14.1.0-227
Cisco Secure Email 15.5.3-022
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 13.8.1-052
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 12.8.1-021
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 13.8.1-074
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 13.6.2-023
Cisco Secure Email 16.0.2-112
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 14.0.0-404
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 15.5.3-017
Cisco Secure Email 14.3.0-032
Cisco Secure Email 14.0.0-698
Cisco Secure Email 13.5.1-277
Cisco Secure Email 15.0.1-030
Cisco Secure Email 16.0.4-016
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 16.0.0-195
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 14.2.0-212
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 13.6.1-201
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 14.2.0-224
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 15.5.1-029
Cisco Secure Email 14.2.0-620
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 14.3.0-120
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 13.0.0-277
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 13.6.2-078
Cisco Secure Email 13.0.0-392
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 15.0.2-007
Cisco Secure Email 13.0.5-007
Cisco Secure Email 15.5.0-048
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 15.0.0-334
Cisco Secure Email 16.5.0-780
Cisco Secure Email 13.5.4-038
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 16.0.1-010
Cisco Secure Email 14.2.1-020
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 15.5.2-005
Cisco Secure Email 15.0.3-002
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 15.0.1-035
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 16.0.4-010
Cisco Secure Email 16.0.1-017
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 16.0.2-088

Affected Packages

euvd cisco_secure_email no fix
euvd cisco_secure_email_and_web_manager no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 2 packages in euvd

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Severity by source

Vendor (cisco) PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from Vendor (cisco) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: cisco

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.

The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76442 are related to issues with improper validation of specified quantity in input that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-1284.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 74% exploitable
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

38
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +38
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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