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CVE-2026-76779

9.8, critical

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive…

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CVSS
9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
0.3% higher than 17.8% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
No public evidence
Published
9 Oct 20268 days ago

Description

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges, Protection mechanism bypass, and Unauthorized access.

Details

Vendor
Dell
Product
Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager
Weakness
CWE-307 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
13 Oct 2026
Assigner
security_alert@emc.com

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

References 1

Advisories 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other Dell CVEs

Every Dell CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2026-22769 Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VMs) Use of Hard-coded Credentials Vulnerability KEV EPSS 14% 10, critical
  • CVE-2021-21551 Dell dbutil Driver Insufficient Access Control Vulnerability KEV EPSS 79% 7.8, high
  • CVE-2026-76769 Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager Missing Authorization Vulnerability EPSS 0.2% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2026-78018 Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains an Initialization of a Resource with an… EPSS <0.1% 7.1, high
  • CVE-2026-78019 Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains an Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted… EPSS 0.3% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2026-78022 Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains a Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open')… EPSS 0.2% 8.1, high
  • CVE-2026-78024 Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability EPSS 0.2% 8.7, high
  • CVE-2026-78339 Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Vulnerability EPSS <0.1% 7.1, high

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.