CVE-2026-76462 (GCVE-0-2026-76462)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-21 16:14 – Updated: 2026-10-21 17:19
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Cisco Secure Client Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-21 16:41 UTC
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Client |
Affected:
4.9.00086
Affected: 4.9.01095 Affected: 4.9.02028 Affected: 4.9.03047 Affected: 4.9.03049 Affected: 4.9.04043 Affected: 4.9.04053 Affected: 4.9.05042 Affected: 4.9.06037 Affected: 4.10.00093 Affected: 4.10.01075 Affected: 4.10.02086 Affected: 4.10.03104 Affected: 4.10.04065 Affected: 4.10.04071 Affected: 4.10.05085 Affected: 4.10.05095 Affected: 5.0.00238 Affected: 4.10.05111 Affected: 5.0.00529 Affected: 5.0.00556 Affected: 4.10.06079 Affected: 5.0.01242 Affected: 4.10.06090 Affected: 5.0.02075 Affected: 4.10.07061 Affected: 5.0.03072 Affected: 4.10.07062 Affected: 5.0.03076 Affected: 5.0.04032 Affected: 4.10.07073 Affected: 5.0.05040 Affected: 5.1.0.136 Affected: 5.1.1.42 Affected: 4.10.08025 Affected: 5.1.2.42 Affected: 4.10.08029 Affected: 5.1.3.62 Affected: 5.1.4.74 Affected: 5.1.5.65 Affected: 5.1.6.103 Affected: 5.1.7.80 Affected: 5.1.8.105 Affected: 5.1.8.122 Affected: 5.1.9.113 Affected: 5.1.10.233 Affected: 5.1.11.388 Affected: 5.1.12.146 Affected: 5.1.13.117 Affected: 5.1.13.177 Affected: 5.1.14.145 Affected: 5.1.15.287 Affected: 5.1.16.194 Affected: 5.1.17.3382 Affected: 5.1.17.3394 Affected: 5.1.18.314 Affected: 5.1.19.1862 |
guessed |
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