Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway temp file

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to temp file. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-76497. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a temp file vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-377. Creating and using insecure temporary files can leave application and system data vulnerable to attack. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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-2026-76497 are related to issues concerning insecure temporary files that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Base CWE-377.

The advisory is shared for download at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-76497 since 08/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (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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