Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessCraft malicious redirect URL
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DeliveryDeliver link to victim via phishing
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ExploitVictim follows link (UI:R)
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ExecutionServer follows attacker-controlled redirect (SSRF)
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ImpactReach internal resources or hostile site
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Redirect URL validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation targets the URL redirection function of Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager on versions prior to 5.34.00.16. No authentication is required (PR:N), but successful exploitation requires victim user interaction (UI:R) - a user must follow an attacker-crafted link - which limits it to phishing/social-engineering delivery rather than fully autonomous exploitation. The attacker needs remote network reachability to the Policy Manager instance, so exposure depends on whether the management interface is accessible to the attacker's position. Confidentiality and integrity impact are low and there is no availability impact, indicating a bounded rather than full-system compromise. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N) describes a medium-severity issue whose real-world risk is constrained by two factors: the requirement for user interaction (UI:R - a victim must click or follow a crafted link) and the limited technical impact (C:L/I:L, no availability impact, scope unchanged). Although PR:N makes this unauthenticated and AV:N makes it remotely reachable, no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public proof-of-concept were provided, so there is no signal of active or imminent exploitation - this is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The vulnerability is a self-reported vendor finding (Dell DSA-2026-385) with a patch already available, which is the typical profile of a coordinated-disclosure fix rather than an in-the-wild threat. One point worth flagging: the description characterizes the flaw as an open redirect (CWE-601) that leads to server-side request forgery (SSRF), and the tags list both SSRF and Open Redirect; these are related but distinct impacts, and the low C:L/I:L impact rating suggests the SSRF is limited rather than a full internal-network pivot - verify the actual SSRF reach with the Dell advisory. Overall this is a legitimate but low-to-medium priority patch item, not a high-urgency emergency. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a malicious URL pointing at the SCG Policy Manager's vulnerable redirect endpoint and delivers it to a victim (e.g., an administrator) via phishing; when followed, the redirect can be abused to make the server issue requests to attacker-chosen destinations (SSRF) or bounce the victim to a hostile site. Exploitation is remote and unauthenticated but requires the victim to interact with the crafted link (UI:R). No public proof-of-concept exploit was identified in the provided data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 29, 2026
Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager versions prior to 5.34.00.16 contain an open redirect vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to craft a link which, when followed by a victim user, redirects to an untrusted site and can lead to server-side request forgery (SSRF). The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.4 (medium) due to the requirement for user interaction (UI:R) and low confidentiality/integrity impact. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the vulnerability is not known to be actively exploited.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager to version 5.34.00.16 or later, as specified in Dell security advisory DSA-2026-385. Since the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and no public exploit code has been identified, immediate patching is still recommended but can be prioritized with other medium-severity fixes. As a compensating control, restrict network access to the Policy Manager management interface to trusted networks, and educate users to avoid following suspicious links. However, these measures do not eliminate the risk and should be considered temporary until the patch is applied. The advisory is available at https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-ca/000503592/dsa-2026-385-security-update-for-dell-secure-connect-gateway-policy-manager-multiple-vulnerabilities?msockid=3021cac2195069ed3194ddad186a68f9.
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The vulnerability is classified as CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site, or 'Open Redirect'), which occurs when an application accepts user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site and uses it in a redirect. In Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, the affected component fails to validate the destination of a redirect, allowing an attacker to supply a malicious URL. Because the application may subsequently follow the redirect server-side, this can lead to server-side request forgery (SSRF), where the server makes requests to internal or attacker-controlled resources. The affected product is identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:dell:secure_connect_gateway_(scg)_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* and includes versions prior to 5.34.00.16. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N indicates network exploitable, low complexity, no privileges required, but requiring user interaction, with low confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability impact.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Remote and unauthenticated (AV:N/PR:N) but requires the victim to click a crafted link (UI:R); open-redirect-to-SSRF yields limited confidentiality and integrity impact (C:L/I:L) with no availability effect.
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CVSS VectorVendor: dell
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains an URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Server-side request forgery.
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Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.
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