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CVE-2026-78339

Incorrect Permission Assignment in Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager Allows Local Privileged Attacker to Leak Sensitive Data

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2026-10-09
  • Fixed in5.36.00.16
  • WeaknessCWE-732

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains an Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information disclosure, Protection mechanism bypass, and Unauthorized access.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2026-10-0910:16CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Dell policy manager for secure connect gateway
BranchAffectedFixed in
5.36< 5.36.00.165.36.00.16

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Dell policy manager for secure connect gateway to 5.36.00.16

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2026-10-09
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
  • CNACVSS 3.16.3read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.17.1read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-732read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.09 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Published
2026-10-09
Last Modified
2026-10-13
NVD status
Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-78339?

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains an Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information disclosure, Protection mechanism bypass, and Unauthorized access.

Is CVE-2026-78339 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-78339 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.09% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-78339?

CVE-2026-78339 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

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