CISA added four exploited flaws in PAN-OS, Cisco Secure Email Gateway and AhsayCBS to KEV with an October 17 federal deadline. We would take the Cisco gateway first, then AhsayCBS servers already patched once, then PAN-OS.
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Cisco patched CVE-2026-76519, an exploited Secure Email Gateway flaw that gives unauthenticated attackers root through a crafted email attachment. Devices with File Reputation enabled and Content Scanner Tools earlier than 25.3.0.5525 are affected.
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buildOne report1 publisher Researcher reports an actively exploited root RCE in Cisco's Secure Email Gateway
Satyam Rastogi reports that Cisco patched a Secure Email Gateway zero-day that let unauthenticated attackers run commands as root, exploited before the fix. The post gives no CVE or fixed version, so SEG operators have the warning but no build to patch to.
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CVE-2026-76460 scores a CVSS 10.0, affects Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC in every configuration, and has no workaround. CISA added it to the KEV catalog the day the patches shipped and gave federal agencies three days.
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buildOne report1 publisher Cisco email gateway flaw runs attacker SQL as root the moment it parses a message
CVE-2026-76461 lets a crafted email run SQL as root on Cisco Secure Email Gateway, with no workaround and a September 17 federal patch deadline from CISA. Because the trigger is mail parsing, every gateway in the mail path is in scope, whether or not it faces the internet.
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buildOne report1 publisher CVE-2026-76441 lets unauthenticated attackers reach restricted functions on Cisco email gateways
CERT-In rates CVE-2026-76441 critical for letting unauthenticated remote attackers into restricted functions on Cisco email gateways 15.5 and earlier. The gateway inspects mail in both directions, so the fix belongs ahead of the next scheduled window, using the release Cisco's own advisory names.
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Attackers hit Cisco's email gateway with a SQL injection zero-day before the patch shipped
CVE-2026-76461 is one of three flaws confirmed under active attack in a single week. Revolut's customer records left by a different route, a request sent from an email address on a government agency's own domain.
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- Evidence42
- Adoption62
- Hype gap+12
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- Confidence47
Cisco has already contacted Secure Email Cloud customers where it found compromise indicators
CVE-2026-76461 was in use before Monday's advisory and Cisco says multiple customers were likely compromised first, so a gateway patched this week still needs a hunt against indicators that root access can erase.
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- Evidence72
- Adoption58
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- Incentives55
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buildOne report1 publisher Cisco's remediation path for a suspect virtual email gateway starts with a new VM
For virtual appliances where exploitation is suspected, Cisco's advisory lists five actions before the box can be trusted again, one of which is installing fixed software. Owners of physical appliances are told to call TAC.
Publishers:cisco.com
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A crafted email is already getting root on unpatched Cisco Secure Email Gateways
CVE-2026-76461 is under active exploitation, hits every physical and virtual Secure Email Gateway whatever its configuration, and has no workaround. CISA gave federal civilian agencies until September 17 to install the fixed builds.
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- Evidence72
- Adoption55
- Hype gap0
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- Confidence68