CVE-2026-80178: CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management in Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Application
Description
Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) 5.0 Appliance and Application versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and 5.36.00.00 respectively contain an improper privilege management vulnerability. This flaw allows a low privileged attacker with local access to potentially elevate their privileges. The vulnerability has a medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.5. No public exploits or vendor patch information is currently provided.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.5medium
Affected software
Dell
Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Application
Dell
Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Appliance
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-80178 is an improper privilege management vulnerability (CWE-269) affecting Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00. A low privileged attacker with local access could exploit this flaw to gain elevated privileges. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.5, reflecting medium severity with high confidentiality impact but no integrity or availability impact. There is no vendor advisory or patch information available in the provided data.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local access and low privileges could exploit this vulnerability to elevate their privileges on the affected system. This could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information (high confidentiality impact). There is no indication of impact on integrity or availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no patch or official fix information is provided, monitor Dell's security advisories for updates. Until a fix is available, restrict local access to trusted users only.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- dell
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-25T21:04:22.135Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a9eb72cacd9273b49a9cf6c
Added to database: 09/07/2026, 13:07:56 UTC
Last enriched: 09/15/2026, 00:58:02 UTC
Last updated: 10/23/2026, 01:15:27 UTC
Views: 82
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