CVE-2026-76478
HighCVSS 8.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk1th percentile - higher than 1% of all known CVEs
Summary
Cisco conducted an internal security review of Emergency Responder, Prime Collaboration Deployment, Unified CM, Unified CM IM&P, Unified CM SME, and Unity Connection, resulting in hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities relate to improper access control issues grouped under CWE-284.
Risk Assessment
Improper access control may allow unauthorized users to access functions or data they should not have rights to. In enterprise communications environments this can lead to breaches of confidentiality and integrity of the systems.
Recommendation
Install the latest hardening releases for the listed Cisco products as soon as possible. Verify the versions of all deployed components and schedule updates accordingly.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications
See all- CVE-2026-76475Critical
A vulnerability in Cisco products (Emergency Responder, Prime Collaboration Deployment, Unified CM, Unified CM IM&P, Unified CM SME, Unity Connection) related to improper neutralization of input during web page generation (CWE-79, cross-site scripting). It was discovered during an internal security review and fixed in hardening releases.
- CVE-2026-76474Critical
Cisco conducted an internal security review of Emergency Responder, Prime Collaboration Deployment, Unified CM, Unified CM IM&P, Unified CM SME, and Unity Connection, resulting in hardening releases. CVE-2026-76474 covers internally discovered vulnerabilities related to improper authentication (CWE-287).
- CVE-2026-76473Critical
A vulnerability in Cisco products (Emergency Responder, Prime Collaboration Deployment, Unified CM, Unified CM IM&P, Unified CM SME, Unity Connection) related to improper control of a resource through its lifetime (CWE-74). It was discovered during an internal security review and fixed in hardening releases.
- CVE-2026-76479High
Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified CM IM & Presence Service, Cisco Unified CM Session Management Edition, and Cisco Unity Connection contain multiple vulnerabilities related to improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory (CWE-22). Cisco has released software hardening updates.
- CVE-2026-76476High
Cisco conducted an internal security review of Emergency Responder, Prime Collaboration Deployment, Unified Communications Manager, Unified CM IM & Presence, Unified CM SME, and Unity Connection, resulting in hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities related to improper input validation (CWE-20).
Original NVD description (English source)
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-2026-76478 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-284.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS