Skip to content
Cisco Confirms Exploitation of AsyncOS Zero-Day by Chinese Hackers

Cisco Confirms Exploitation of AsyncOS Zero-Day by Chinese Hackers

First seen 17 Dec 2025, 19:55 UTC

Article Content

Browse articles
ThreatCluster AI
ThreatCluster March 12, 2026 at 13:27 UTC

Cisco has reported an unpatched zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-20393) in its AsyncOS software, affecting Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager appliances. The vulnerability is being actively exploited by a Chinese advanced persistent threat actor, identified as UAT-9686, targeting devices with non-standard configurations and the Spam Quarantine feature enabled.

Start a free Starter trial for enhanced analysis

Ask AI about this cluster

Updated 183d ago How this analysis works

More articles in this cluster (5)

Following this threat?

Track APT41, AquaPurge and Cisco in your own feed — you're alerted when they show up in new reporting, leak sites or exploitation.

Free account · no card needed