CVE-2026-76461: Critical Cisco Secure Email Gateway Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

Overview On September 14, 2026, Cisco published a security advisory for CVE-2026-76461 , a critical SQL injection vulnerability affecting Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway. The vulnerability has a reported CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 and could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected appliance. Cisco Secure Email Gateway, formerly known as IronPort Email Security Appliance, is an enterprise email security product that inspects inbound and outbound email for threats including phishing, malware, spam, and busi