Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) indicates network accessibility with low attack complexity but high privilege requirements; this significantly constrains real-world exploitability despite the network attack vector. The CVSS score of 4.7 reflects moderate severity with limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. The critical limiting factor is PR:H (high privileges required), meaning an attacker must already possess administrative or equivalent credentials within the management network-this substantially reduces the threat surface compared to unauthenticated vulnerabilities. No EPSS probability, CISA KEV confirmation, or public proof-of-concept has been identified in the provided data, further suggesting this is a lower real-world priority than the CVSS score alone might indicate. Organizations should prioritize patching based on their management network security posture and whether untrusted administrators have access. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A disgruntled system administrator or insider threat with high-level credentials on the SCG management network could craft a malicious request containing path traversal sequences to escape the application's intended file restrictions, read sensitive configuration files (affecting confidentiality), modify system files (affecting integrity), or write to executable locations to achieve remote code execution. However, the attacker must already possess legitimate high-level access to the management network, significantly limiting the attack surface to insider or compromised-credential scenarios rather than external threats. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Path traversal vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) versions 5.28.00.xx through 5.32.00.xx allows high-privileged attackers on the management network to bypass directory restrictions and achieve remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 4.7 and requiring high privilege level access, this vulnerability poses moderate risk to organizations running vulnerable SCG versions but is limited by the need for administrative-level attacker access within the management network. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Organizations should upgrade Dell SCG to version 5.33.00.xx or later, which contains the security fix for this path traversal vulnerability. Interim mitigations pending patching include restricting network access to the SCG management interface to only trusted administrator IP ranges and implementing strict role-based access control to limit which users can access administrative functions. Detailed guidance and the security update are available in Dell's security advisory DSA-2026-020 at https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000438589/dsa-2026-020-security-update-for-dell-secure-connect-gateway-application-and-appliance-vulnerabilities.
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The vulnerability stems from improper input validation in path handling mechanisms within Dell SCG, specifically a path traversal flaw (CWE-22) that fails to properly restrict file access to intended directories. Dell SCG is an enterprise secure gateway appliance and application that manages remote secure connectivity; the affected versions run between 5.28.00.xx and 5.32.00.xx across both the appliance and application deployment models. By crafting malicious path inputs with directory traversal sequences (such as '../' notation), a high-privileged attacker positioned within the management network can escape sandbox restrictions, access sensitive files outside the intended directory structure, and potentially escalate to remote code execution by writing to executable paths or configuration files.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
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4DescriptionNVD
Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) 5.0 Appliance and Application version(s) 5.28.00.xx to 5.32.00.xx, contain(s) an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability. A high privileged attacker within the management network could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to remote execution.
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Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
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