High severity · published Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-76412
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Authenticated Privilege Escalation to Root Vulnerability
8.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the remote diagnostics debugger of Cisco Secure FMC Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to enable the remote diagnostics debugger service.
This vulnerability is due to an error when checking the privilege level of a user who is invoking remote diagnostics. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device, either through the web-based management interface or the REST API, and using the remote diagnostics debugger to grant a user elevated privileges. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root.
Notes:
To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid user credentials on the affected device.
The CVSSv3.1 Attack Complexity is High due to the multistage process required to fully exploit this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) · Cisco
7.7.0; 7.7.10; 7.7.10.1; 7.7.11; 10.0.0; 7.7.12; +1 more · source: vendor
Affected product
CS
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC)
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76412
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-76412
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fmc2-multivulns-HXgcqRG
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