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Cisco Patches Zero-Day RCE Exploited by China

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CVE-2025-20393
Improper Input Validation in Cisco Secure Email and Web Appliances Allows Root Commands
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 Ravie Lakshmanan  Jan 16, 2026 Vulnerability / Web Security Cisco on Thursday released security updates for a maximum-severity security flaw impacting Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, nearly a month after the company disclosed that it had been exploited as a zero-day by a China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) actor codenamed UAT-9686.

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