Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway uncaught exception

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation results in uncaught exception. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-76493. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncaught exception vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-248. An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Expressway Series software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.   The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76493 are related to issues concerning uncaught exceptions that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Base CWE-248.

It is possible to read the advisory at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-76493 since 08/19/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/21/2026).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Unified Communication Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway

Version

• X8.1
• X8.1.1
• X8.1.2
• X8.2
• X8.2.1
• X8.2.2
• X8.5
• X8.5.1
• X8.5.2
• X8.5.3
• X8.6
• X8.6.1
• X8.7
• X8.7.1
• X8.7.2
• X8.7.3
• X8.8
• X8.8.1
• X8.8.2
• X8.8.3
• X8.9
• X8.9.1
• X8.9.2
• X8.10.0
• X8.10.1
• X8.10.2
• X8.10.3
• X8.10.4
• X8.11.0
• X8.11.1
• X8.11.2
• X8.11.3
• X8.11.4
• X12.5.0
• X12.5.1
• X12.5.2
• X12.5.3
• X12.5.4
• X12.5.5
• X12.5.6
• X12.5.7
• X12.5.8
• X12.5.9
• X12.6.0
• X12.6.1
• X12.6.2
• X12.6.3
• X12.6.4
• X12.7.0
• X12.7.1
• X14.0.0
• X14.0.1
• X14.0.2
• X14.0.3
• X14.0.4
• X14.0.5
• X14.0.6
• X14.0.7
• X14.0.8
• X14.0.9
• X14.0.10
• X14.0.11
• X14.2.0
• X14.2.1
• X14.2.2
• X14.2.5
• X14.2.6
• X14.2.7
• X14.3.0
• X14.3.1
• X14.3.2
• X14.3.3
• X14.3.4
• X14.3.5
• X14.3.6
• X14.3.7
• X15.0.0
• X15.0.1
• X15.0.2
• X15.0.3
• X15.2.0
• X15.2.1
• X15.2.2
• X15.2.3
• X15.2.4
• X15.2.4.
• X15.3.0
• X15.3.1
• X15.3.2
• X15.4.0
• X15.5.0
• X15.5.1
• X15.5.2
• X15.5.3

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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