Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify network-accessible SCG auth endpoint
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DeliverySubmit automated credential-stuffing requests
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ExploitBypass absent rate-limiting controls
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ExecutionObtain valid account credentials
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PersistAuthenticate to SCG platform
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ImpactAccess sensitive support data or conduct client-side request forgery
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Brute-force prevention, rate limiting
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| Exploitation Conditions | The Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance or Application authentication endpoint must be reachable from the attacker's network position; given AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, no special configuration, non-default deployment mode, or prior authentication is required - this affects default deployments of the product. Exploitation is practically constrained by the need for valid target account credentials to exist on the system and the attacker's ability to sustain automated request volume without being filtered by upstream network controls. The CVSS I:N/A:N metrics indicate the brute-force mechanism itself causes no direct integrity or availability impact; harm is confined to credential compromise and subsequent unauthorized read access. |
| Impact | The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, score 7.5) reflects a network-exploitable, unauthenticated flaw requiring no special conditions and delivering high confidentiality impact, consistent with automated credential compromise of a support gateway. No EPSS score is available in the provided intelligence, and the absence of a CISA KEV listing suggests no confirmed widespread active exploitation at time of analysis. The description's characterization of the post-exploitation consequence as 'client-side request forgery' rather than account takeover is atypical for CWE-307 and may represent vendor-specific terminology or a secondary attack chain enabled post-authentication; this ambiguity should be clarified against Dell Advisory DSA-2026-382. Even a mid-sized municipal IT team in gliwice operating Dell SCG for enterprise support connectivity should treat this as urgent given the unauthenticated network attack vector, zero prerequisites, and the potential for automated credential enumeration at scale against a support gateway that may hold sensitive endpoint inventory or remote-access credentials. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated remote attacker discovers a Dell SCG 5.0 instance reachable over the network and submits high-volume automated credential-stuffing requests against the authentication endpoint without triggering any lockout or throttling. Once valid credentials are identified, the attacker gains authenticated access to the support gateway and may leverage that session to access sensitive support topology data or, as Dell describes, conduct client-side request forgery against authenticated users of the platform. No public proof-of-concept exploit code has been identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 09, 2026
Missing brute-force rate-limiting in Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) 5.0 Appliance (prior to 5.36.00.16) and Application (prior to 5.36.00.00) exposes authentication endpoints to unlimited credential-guessing by unauthenticated remote attackers over the network. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to enumerate and compromise valid credentials, with Dell indicating the resulting access can enable client-side request forgery. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patches are available: upgrade Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance to version 5.36.00.16 or later, and Dell SCG 5.0 Application to version 5.36.00.00 or later, per Dell Security Advisory DSA-2026-382 at https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000503426/. Where immediate patching is not feasible, restrict network access to the SCG authentication endpoint using firewall ACLs or network segmentation to permit only trusted management IP ranges, reducing exposure to automated external credential-stuffing. As an additional compensating control, a reverse proxy or WAF with rate-limiting rules placed in front of the SCG authentication interface can throttle excessive request volumes; note that overly aggressive rate-limiting may cause legitimate lockouts for high-volume support operations, so thresholds should be tuned to operational baselines before deployment.
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Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 is an enterprise remote-support infrastructure product that maintains connectivity between Dell-managed endpoints and Dell's support backend, available in both a hardware Appliance and a software Application form factor, identified under CPE strings cpe:2.3:a:dell:secure_connect_gateway_5.0_-_appliance and cpe:2.3:a:dell:secure_connect_gateway_5.0_-_application. CWE-307 (Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts) describes the absence of lockout policies, CAPTCHA controls, or per-source rate-limiting on authentication interfaces. Without these controls, an attacker can submit unlimited credential pairs programmatically - enabling automated brute-force or credential-stuffing attacks - without triggering any defensive countermeasure. The CVSS vector (C:H/I:N/A:N) is consistent with the primary consequence being credential access and subsequent unauthorized read-level access to sensitive support data.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
No auth or special config required for network brute-force; C:H reflects credential compromise with no integrity or availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (dell).
CVSS VectorVendor: dell
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
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 an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to client-side request forgery.
Executive ViewAI
Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 lacks brute-force protections on login endpoints, allowing attackers to guess credentials remotely without any authentication barrier. Compromise of SCG credentials grants attackers unauthorized access to organizational connectivity infrastructure and the ability to forge client requests, potentially exposing sensitive data and systems.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: enforce strict rate-limiting (maximum 5 login attempts per minute per source IP), implement account lockout (30-minute lockout after 5 failed attempts), require multi-factor authentication for all SCG access, restrict SCG network access to trusted IP ranges via firewall, enable real-time alerting on authentication failures exceeding baseline patterns, maintain detailed authentication logs with secure archival, and conduct weekly review of login patterns for suspicious activity.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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