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CVE-2026-76420: cisco cisco secure firewall management center (fmc) Improper Authorization

CVSS: 9.0v3.1CriticalAwaiting analysis
Published 16-09-2026Last modified 17-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-76420 is a critical (CVSS 9.0) Improper Authorization vulnerability in cisco cisco secure firewall management center (fmc). EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.0/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.38%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the internal configuration of the Apache JServ Protocol (AJP) connector for Cisco Secure FMC Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to impersonate a peer device. This vulnerability is due to incorrect initialization of encryption parameters for the AJP connector at boot time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted packets to the AJP connector. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands as root and gain full control over the FMC REST APIs on the affected device. Note: This vulnerability can be exploited only if the valid sftunnel connection between Cisco Secure FMC Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software is down.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.37% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.38%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cisco1 product
  • cisco secure firewall management center (fmc)7.0.0 | 7.0.0.1 | 7.0.1 | 7.0.1.1 | 7.0.2 | 7.2.0 | 7.0.2.1 | 7.0.3 | 7.2.0.1 | 7.0.4 | 7.2.1 | 7.0.5 | 7.3.0 | 7.2.2 | 7.3.1 | 7.2.3 | 7.2.3.1 | 7.2.4 | 7.0.6 | 7.2.4.1 | 7.2.5 | 7.3.1.1 | 7.4.0 | 7.0.6.1 | 7.2.5.1 | 7.4.1 | 7.2.6 | 7.4.1.1 | 7.0.6.2 | 7.2.7 | 7.2.5.2 | 7.3.1.2 | 7.2.8 | 7.6.0 | 7.4.2 | 7.2.8.1 | 7.0.6.3 | 7.4.2.1 | 7.2.9 | 7.0.7 | 7.7.0 | 7.4.2.2 | 7.2.10 | 7.6.1 | 7.4.2.3 | 7.0.8 | 7.6.2 | 7.7.10 | 7.2.10.1 | 7.0.8.1 | 7.6.2.1 | 7.2.10.2 | 7.7.10.1 | 7.4.2.4 | 7.4.3 | 7.6.3 | 7.7.11 | 7.6.4 | 10.0.0 | 7.4.4 | 7.4.5 | 7.0.9 | 7.2.11 | 7.7.12 | 7.6.5 | 7.4.6 | 10.0.1 | 7.4.7

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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