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CVE-2026-76474NVD status: Awaiting Analysis

Cisco Emergency Responder: Improper Authentication

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CVE-2026-76474 is a critical-severity improper authentication vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder from Cisco, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 out of 10. It can be exploited remotely over the network by an unauthenticated attacker, without any action from a user. Affected Cisco Emergency Responder versions: 14; 14SU1; 14SU2, and others listed below. The record does not name a fixed version, so check the vendor advisory. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.

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Critical severity: a successful attack would have severe impact.

What to do

  1. Check which version of Cisco Emergency Responder you run against the affected versions below, and install the vendor's latest release.
  2. Until you can update, restrict network access to the affected service so it is not reachable from untrusted networks.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed in
CiscoCisco Emergency Responder14; 14SU1; 14SU2; 14SU3; 14SU3a; 15; 15SU1; 15SU1a; and 6 more rangesNot stated
CiscoCisco Unified Communications Manager14; 14SU1; 14SU2; 14SU3; 15; 15SU1; 14SU4; 14SU4a; and 15 more rangesNot stated
CiscoCisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service14; 14SU1; 14SU2; 14SU2a; 14SU3; 15; 15SU1; 14SU4; and 5 more rangesNot stated
CiscoCisco Unity Connection14; 14SU1; 14SU2; 14SU3; 14SU3a; 15; 15SU1; 14SU4; and 5 more rangesNot stated

Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.

How the severity score breaks down

Attack vector
NetworkCan be exploited remotely over a network, including the internet.
Attack complexity
LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
Privileges required
NoneNo account or login is needed.
User interaction
NoneNo action by a victim is required.
Scope
UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality
HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
Integrity
HighData or code can be modified at will.
Availability
HighThe component can be taken down completely.

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by CNA (cisco.com).

Official description

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, engineering teams for Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (Unified CM IM&P), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), and Cisco Unity Connection have conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76474 are related to issues concerning improper authentication that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Class CWE-287.

Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.

The underlying weakness: Improper Authentication

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

How developers prevent this class of flaw

  • Use an authentication framework or library such as the OWASP ESAPI Authentication feature.

More Improper Authentication vulnerabilities (CWE-287)

Timeline

  1. CVE record published.
  2. CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: yes, technical impact: total).
  3. Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).

References

Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Emergency Responder

All Cisco Emergency Responder vulnerabilities

Recent Improper Authentication vulnerabilities

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