CVE-2026-80238

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 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Protection mechanism bypass. This vulnerability is considered critical because a low-privileged operator with SSH access to the SCG host can gain root-level access to the host without requiring a password by leveraging the exposed Docker socket. Additionally, an attacker who compromises a service running within the orchestrator container can access the same socket and escape the container boundary to obtain host-level control. Dell recommends that customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.

CVSS v3 9.3 CRITICAL

9.3^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.5 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

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?msockid=3021cac2195069ed3194ddad186a68f9	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 : 2026-09-07 13:20

Updated : 2026-09-11 21:23

NVD link : CVE-2026-80238

Mitre link : CVE-2026-80238

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-80238

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Products Affected

dell

secure_connect_gateway

CWE

CWE-250

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

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