CVE-2026-78019 Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager - Privilege Escalation & Remote Code Execution

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager < 5.34.00.16 contains an inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere vulnerability, letting low privileged remote attackers achieve privilege escalation, filesystem access, and remote code execution, exploit requires remote access with low privileges.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
EPSS
0.35% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Privilege Escalation
Impact
Privilege Escalation, File System Read, Remote Code Execution
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
9 October 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-829

Vendor fix

Update to version 5.34.00.16 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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