CVE-2026-76441: Improper Access Control in Cisco Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager
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-2026-76441 are related to issues with improper access control that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-284.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-76441 concerns improper access control vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager products. These issues fall under CWE-284 and were identified through Cisco's internal security review process. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain full control over the affected systems, as indicated by the CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Multiple specific versions of the product are affected, and Cisco has released software hardening updates to address these flaws.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability enables unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass access controls, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager systems. This could result in unauthorized access to sensitive email and web management functions, data leakage, and disruption of services.
Mitigation Recommendations
Cisco has released software hardening updates that address the improper access control vulnerabilities. Users should apply the official patches or upgrade to fixed versions as provided by Cisco. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying these updates. Patch status is confirmed by Cisco's internal review and release process. Check Cisco's official advisories for the latest patch information and deployment instructions.
CVE-2026-76441: Improper Access Control in Cisco Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager
Description
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-2026-76441 are related to issues with improper access control that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-284.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.8critical
Affected software
Cisco
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-76441 concerns improper access control vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager products. These issues fall under CWE-284 and were identified through Cisco's internal security review process. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain full control over the affected systems, as indicated by the CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Multiple specific versions of the product are affected, and Cisco has released software hardening updates to address these flaws.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability enables unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass access controls, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager systems. This could result in unauthorized access to sensitive email and web management functions, data leakage, and disruption of services.
Mitigation Recommendations
Cisco has released software hardening updates that address the improper access control vulnerabilities. Users should apply the official patches or upgrade to fixed versions as provided by Cisco. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying these updates. Patch status is confirmed by Cisco's internal review and release process. Check Cisco's official advisories for the latest patch information and deployment instructions.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- cisco
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-19T12:02:03.635Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aa81e7d55bf5e2cf54cc38e
Added to database: 09/14/2026, 16:19:09 UTC
Last enriched: 09/14/2026, 16:31:58 UTC
Last updated: 09/15/2026, 09:10:43 UTC
Views: 30
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