CVE-2026-78481

Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains an Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to protection mechanism bypass.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000503426/dsa-2026-382-security-update-for-dell-secure-connect-gateway-virtual-edition-multiple-vulnerabilities	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:dell:secure_connect_gateway:::::application:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dell:secure_connect_gateway:::::virtual:::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-09-09 12:17

Updated : 2026-09-09 19:50

NVD link : CVE-2026-78481

Mitre link : CVE-2026-78481

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-78481

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Products Affected

dell

secure_connect_gateway

CWE

CWE-321

Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

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