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title: "CVE-2026-79963: Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance & Application - Command Injection"
description: "Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance < 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application < 5.36.00.00 contain a command injection caused by download of code without integrity check, letting unauthenticated remote attackers execute arbitrary commands."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-79963/
---

# CVE-2026-79963 Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance & Application - Command Injection

Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance < 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application < 5.36.00.00 contain a command injection caused by download of code without integrity check, letting unauthenticated remote attackers execute arbitrary commands.

CVSS base score 7.4 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.27% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79963)

## Details

Type

Command Injection

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

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

Published

9 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-494](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/494.html)

## Vendor fix

Upgrade Dell SCG Appliance to version 5.36.00.16 and Application to version 5.36.00.00 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-2026-79963](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79963)
- [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
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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