Cisco AsyncOS on Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Content Security Management Appliance…
Priority LOW 23CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Cisco AsyncOS on Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) devices, when Active Directory is enabled, does not properly handle group names, which allows remote attackers to gain role privileges by leveraging group-name similarity, aka Bug ID CSCum86085.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01246 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:h:cisco:content_security_management_appliance:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Cisco |
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:content_security_management_appliance:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Cisco
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-2195
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x8v4-j6fc-388p
References
More Cisco Asyncos vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-74174 Arbitrary file write in Cisco Secure Email Gateway via AMP feature KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-53489 Cisco Secure Email Gateway SQL Injection Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-14683 Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager Remote Command Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2021-13698 Cisco Web Security Appliance Proxy Service Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2018-11020 Cisco Email Security Appliance URL Filtering Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2019-01567 Cisco Email Security Appliance Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
Sources
- CVE-2014-2195 · CVE Program
- CVE-2014-2195 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x8v4-j6fc-388p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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