The Southcentral Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (Region 5) is notifying healthcare organizations of a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-76418) affecting Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software.
Cisco has released security updates for CVE-2026-76418, a high-severity vulnerability affecting the VPN service in certain Cisco firewall products. An external attacker could exploit this vulnerability without a valid username or password and cause an affected firewall to restart unexpectedly. This could temporarily interrupt remote access and other services that rely on the device. Download our fact sheet to learn what steps your organization should take to ensure your systems are secure.
Free Health IT and Cybersecurity Technical Assistance
To help healthcare practices and facilities strengthen security, improve data exchange and align with federal expectations, the Southcentral Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) (Region 5) provides cybersecurity and health IT resources on ourSouthcentralQINQIO.org website.
We offer no-cost quality improvement, technical assistance and support to healthcare providers in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Contact us at southcentral@tmf.org.
This material was created by TMF Health Quality Institute, the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This material does not necessarily reflect CMS policy. 13SOW-QINQIO-GEN-26-283 11-02-26
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