CVE-2026-76462

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.001 · 4 %ileFRUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.14% (4th) EPSS
CVSS 5.5 · medium
Is it mine?
57 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
2 sources
cisco_csaf · certfr

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the interprocess communication (IPC) channel of the Secure Firewall Posture module in Cisco Secure Client could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of crafted IPC messages to a local socket. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform limited file write operations on the filesystem with SYSTEM or root privileges. Although this vulnerability affects the Secure Firewall Posture module in Cisco Secure Client on Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems, this vulnerability could be used to obtain full root privileges on macOS and Linux. For that reason Cisco has assigned this security advisory a Security Impact Rating (SIR) of High rather than Medium as the score indicates.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USCWE-20US
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affected products (57)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • cisco-sa-sec-client-priv-esc-muF8eZdmCisco Secure Client Secure Firewall Posture Module Privilege Escalation Vulnerability2026-10-21csaf · cisco_csafUS

    A vulnerability in the interprocess communication (IPC) channel of the Secure Firewall Posture module in Cisco Secure Client could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of crafted IPC messages to a local socket. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform limited file write operations on the filesystem with SYSTEM or root privileges. Although this vulnerability affects the Secure Firewall Posture module in Cisco Secure Client on Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems, this vulnerability could be used to obtain full root privileges on macOS and Linux. For that reason Cisco has assigned this security advisory a Security Impact Rating (SIR) of High rather than Medium as the score indicates. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

  • CERTFR-2026-AVI-1360Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits CiscoFrançais2026-10-22vendor · certfrFR
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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cisco_csafcertfrNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-10-21modified 2026-10-22
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references (1) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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