CVE-2026-20353
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CVE-2026-20353 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale. 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-2026-20353 are related to issues with improper control of a resource through its lifetime that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-664.. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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-2026-20353 are related to issues with improper control of a resource through its lifetime that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-664.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
Source: CNA advisory (CVE.org). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 14.0.0-698; 13.5.1-277; 13.0.0-392; 14.2.0-620; 13.0.5-007; 13.5.4-038; 14.2.1-020; 14.3.0-032; 15.0.0-104; 15.0.1-030; 15.5.0-048; 15.5.1-055; 15.5.2-018; 16.0.0-050; 15.0.3-002; 16.0.0-054; 15.5.3-022; 16.0.1-017; 15.5.4-012; 16.0.4-016; 15.0.5-016; 16.0.2-112; 16.0.3-044 |
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- Awaiting Analysis
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