01 Record
CVE-2026-20355
Cisco Secure Email S/MIME Ciphertext Decryption Vulnerabilty
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: cisco
CNA base score5.9 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
02 Description
Cisco Secure Email S/MIME Ciphertext Decryption Vulnerabilty
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 10.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-02.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-09-02 16:14Z1 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-08 16:04Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-10-08
- Assigning CNA
- cisco
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-345Insufficient Verification of Data AuthenticityClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 13c8ab93f8eb039e34309dc4ce44a417c1b7557a38d229ba2ffcec311ebc54cf
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
CiscoCisco Secure Email14.0.0-698, 13.5.1-277, 13.0.0-392, 14.2.0-620, 13.0.5-007, 13.5.4-038, 14.2.1-020, 14.3.0-032, 15.0.0-104, 15.0.1-030, 15.5.0-048, 15.5.1-055, 15.5.2-018, 16.0.0-050, 15.0.3-002, 16.0.0-054, 15.5.3-022, 16.0.1-017, 15.5.4-012, 16.0.4-016, 15.0.5-016, 16.0.2-112, 16.0.3-044, 16.5.0-780—
06 References
- sec.cloudapps.cisco.comcisco-sa-esa-smime-disc-dzw4rEdYhttps://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-smime-disc-dzw4rEdY