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    Cisco Secure Email Gateway Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature of Cisco Secure Email Gateway could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of email attachments when the file reputation service is enabled. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an email that contains a crafted attachment through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write arbitrary files and execute commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-afw-zqYJkjxp For further documentation of improvements and fixes in Cisco Secure Email Gateway, see Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager Security Hardening Release: September 2026 . <br/>Security Impact Rating: Critical <br/>CVE: CVE-2026-76519

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    Source: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-afw-zqYJkjxp?vs_f=Cisco%20Security%20Advisory%26vs_cat=Security%20Intelligence%26vs_type=RSS%26vs_p=Cisco%20Secure%20Email%20Gateway%20Arbitrary%20File%20Write%20Vulnerability%26vs_k=1

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