CVE-2025-20393

Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
October 10, 2024
Published Date
December 17, 2025
Last Updated
February 26, 2026
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco Secure Email, Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager
Description
A vulnerability in the Spam Quarantine feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on an affected device with root privileges. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of HTTP requests by the Spam Quarantine feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.
Tags
cisa

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

10.0 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2026-06-01 10:46:29 UTC) Source

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CVE 2026-06-01 10:46:29 UTC

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel