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Secure Connect Gateway EUVDEUVD-2026-74764

| CVE-2026-80123 HIGH
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918)
2026-09-09 security_alert@emc.com GHSA-7rc5-fh65-vpm3
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Identify network-reachable SCG endpoint
  2. Delivery
    Send unauthenticated HTTP request with SSRF payload
  3. Exploit
    SCG server issues uncontrolled outbound request
  4. Execution
    Server connections or threads exhausted
  5. Impact
    SCG service availability disrupted

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service URL allowlisting, SSRF prevention
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Credential Access

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Exploitation Conditions

No authentication is required - the vulnerable endpoint is exposed to unauthenticated remote attackers, as confirmed by PR:N and UI:N in the CVSS vector. The attack is fully automatable (SSVC: Automatable yes), requiring only network reachability to the SCG service. There is no described requirement for a special configuration mode, specific feature flag, or non-default setting. What limits exploitation is deployment context: SCG appliances are typically internal enterprise tools and may not be directly internet-exposed; however, any network-adjacent attacker (including those on internal segments) can exploit this without credentials. Impact is strictly availability - no conditions exist in the available data that would elevate this to confidentiality or integrity breach.

Impact

Raw CVSS of 7.5 (High) is driven by full network accessibility, no authentication, and high availability impact - a configuration that makes this look urgent on paper. However, several signals temper that urgency. EPSS is only 0.18% (8th percentile), indicating very low observed or modeled exploitation activity. CISA SSVC rates exploitation as none and technical impact as partial, consistent with a DoS-only outcome. There is no CISA KEV entry and no known public proof-of-concept. The impact is strictly denial of service - no credential theft, no lateral movement, no data exposure - which limits the worst-case business consequence to service disruption of the SCG management plane. For organizations relying on SCG for automated support workflows, unavailability could indirectly delay hardware diagnostics, but this is operationally bounded. SSVC marks it as automatable (yes), meaning a scanner or script could repeatedly trigger DoS, raising the nuisance-attack potential. Overall: patch promptly during the next maintenance window, but this does not warrant emergency out-of-band remediation unless SCG uptime is critical-path for operations.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An external or internal attacker with network access to an exposed SCG management endpoint crafts an HTTP request containing a SSRF payload pointing to a resource designed to cause resource exhaustion (e.g., a slow-responding or loopback endpoint). The SCG server fetches the attacker-controlled target, consuming connection slots or memory until the service becomes unresponsive. Because no authentication is required, this can be automated and repeated to maintain a persistent denial-of-service condition. No public exploit code is known at time of analysis.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv2 – Sep 09, 2026

Server-Side Request Forgery in Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) 5.0 enables unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service against both the Application and Appliance (Virtual Edition) deployment forms. The CVSS vector confirms fully unauthenticated network exploitation with no user interaction, targeting availability exclusively - confidentiality and integrity are unaffected. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified; EPSS places this in the 8th percentile, and the CISA SSVC assessment lists exploitation status as none.

Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
v1 Sep 09, 2026 - 08:31 CVSS 7.3

Server-Side Request Forgery in Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) 5.0 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to direct the server to issue outbound requests to attacker-controlled or internal destinations, with the vendor citing denial-of-service as a primary outcome. The CVSS 7.3 vector (C:L/I:L/A:L) goes beyond the description's DoS framing, reflecting SSRF's canonical ability to probe internal services and relay limited requests - a discrepancy that is vendor-originated and worth noting. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: SCG Application 5.36.00.00 and SCG Appliance (Virtual Edition) 5.36.00.16, per Dell Security Advisory DSA-2026-382 (https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000503426/dsa-2026-382-security-update-for-dell-secure-connect-gateway-virtual-edition-multiple-vulnerabilities). Administrators should update the Application edition to 5.36.00.00 or later and the Appliance/Virtual edition to 5.36.00.16 or later. If immediate patching is not feasible, restrict network access to the SCG management interface using firewall rules or network segmentation, permitting only trusted management hosts to reach SCG endpoints - this reduces the attack surface since AV:N/PR:N means any network-reachable host can trigger the SSRF. Note that restricting access may limit SCG's own outbound communication to Dell support infrastructure; verify that permitted egress rules remain intact after applying any inbound ACLs.

Affected VersionsENISA

Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Application 0 <5.36.00.00 or later
Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Appliance 0 <5.36.00.16 or later

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) is an enterprise support-automation appliance that facilitates secure, automated telemetry and support communications between Dell hardware and Dell support infrastructure. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery), meaning the application accepts attacker-supplied input that it uses to construct outbound HTTP/network requests, without adequately validating or restricting the destination. In this SSRF variant, the crafted request does not appear to enable internal network pivot or data exfiltration (C:N/I:N in the CVSS vector), but instead causes resource exhaustion or connection-loop conditions that degrade or halt SCG service availability. Two deployment forms are affected: the Application edition (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:dell:secure_connect_gateway:*:*:*:*:application:*:*:*) and the Virtual/Appliance edition (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:dell:secure_connect_gateway:*:*:*:*:virtual:*:*:*).

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Severity by source

Vendor (emc) PRIMARY HIGH
NVD 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI 7.5 HIGH

Network-reachable, no auth required, no interaction needed; impact is strictly availability via DoS, no confidentiality or integrity effect.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (emc).

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Updated
Sep 09, 2026 - 20:30 vuln.today
v2 - CVSS changed
CVSS changed
Sep 09, 2026 - 20:22 NVD
7.3 (HIGH) 7.5 (HIGH)
Patch available
Sep 09, 2026 - 09:18 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 09, 2026 - 08:17 cve.org
HIGH 7.3

DescriptionNVD

Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to denial of service.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) 5.0 contains an unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability allowing remote attackers to cause denial of service against production deployments. While no active exploitation has been identified to date and a patch is available, organizations running SCG 5.0 face potential disruption to secure connectivity services from unauthenticated network attacks.

Business Impact: Medium
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise Dell support-automation appliance, broad but not universal enterprise deployment
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

38
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +38
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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