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title: "CVE-2026-79695: Dell SCG 5.0 - Denial of Service"
description: "Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance < 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application < 5.36.00.00 contain an improper handling of highly compressed data vulnerability, letting unauthenticated remote attackers cause denial of service."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-79695/
---

# CVE-2026-79695 Dell SCG 5.0 - Denial of Service

Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance < 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application < 5.36.00.00 contain an improper handling of highly compressed data vulnerability, letting unauthenticated remote attackers cause denial of service.

CVSS base score 7.3 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.33% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79695)

## Details

Type

Denial of Service

Impact

Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Published

9 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-409](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/409.html)

## Vendor fix

Upgrade to versions 5.36.00.16 for Appliance and 5.36.00.00 for Application 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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79695](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79695)
- [https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000503426/dsa-2026-382-security-update-for-dell-secure-connect-gateway-virtual-edition-multiple-vulnerabilities](https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000503426/dsa-2026-382-security-update-for-dell-secure-connect-gateway-virtual-edition-multiple-vulnerabilities)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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