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Dell Secure Connect Gateway EUVDEUVD-2026-95571

| CVE-2026-78021 MEDIUM
Error Message Information Leak (CWE-209)
2026-10-09 dell GHSA-8whr-8ww5-5mgm
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Reach Policy Manager over network
  2. Exploit
    Send crafted malformed requests
  3. Execution
    Trigger verbose error condition
  4. Impact
    Harvest leaked sensitive information

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Error message sanitization
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Discovery

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires network reachability to the Dell SCG Policy Manager interface and the ability to induce an application error whose message leaks sensitive data; per CWE-209 the leak occurs through generated error messages. The CVSS high attack complexity (AC:H) indicates a key limiting factor: the attacker must engineer specific, non-trivial conditions to reliably provoke the revealing error, and the impact is confined to confidentiality (C:L) with no integrity or availability effect. No authentication is required (PR:N) and no user interaction is needed (UI:N), but the practical reach is limited to the information incidentally exposed in error output rather than arbitrary data access.

Impact

This is a genuinely low-priority issue, and the signals are internally consistent rather than conflicting. The vendor-assigned CVSS 3.1 vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) yields a base score of 3.7 (Low): although the attack vector is network-based and requires no privileges or user interaction, the high attack complexity (AC:H) and the limited confidentiality-only impact (C:L, with no integrity or availability effect) sharply constrain real-world severity. No EPSS score, KEV listing, POC, or SSVC decision data was supplied in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. The absence of these signals is itself consistent with a low-value information-disclosure bug (CWE-209) that leaks fragments of sensitive data via error messages rather than enabling code execution or full data compromise. Bottom line: a real but minor hygiene/defense-in-depth fix, not an emergency; patch on a normal cycle. Note the low CVSS is driven by AC:H and C:L - the network/unauthenticated reachability means it should not be ignored entirely, especially if the Policy Manager is internet-facing.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A remote, unauthenticated attacker repeatedly sends malformed or edge-case requests to the Dell SCG Policy Manager to provoke application errors, then reads the returned error messages which disclose sensitive internal information (e.g., stack traces, configuration details, or internal paths). The high attack complexity (AC:H) means the attacker must craft specific conditions to trigger the revealing errors, and no public exploit code is known at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 09, 2026

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager versions prior to 5.34.00.16 can leak sensitive information through generated error messages when an unauthenticated remote attacker is able to provoke a specific application error condition. The assessed CVSS of 3.7 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) reflects that exploitation is high-complexity with confidentiality-only impact, and no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis. This is a genuinely low-priority issue whose signals are internally consistent rather than conflicting.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager to version 5.34.00.16 or later, the vendor-released fix documented in Dell advisory DSA-2026-385 (https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-ca/000503592/dsa-2026-385-security-update-for-dell-secure-connect-gateway-policy-manager-multiple-vulnerabilities); because the advisory bundles multiple vulnerabilities, apply the full 5.34.00.16 update rather than cherry-picking a single component. If immediate upgrade is not possible, the practical compensating control is to restrict network reachability to the SCG Policy Manager interface - place it behind firewall rules or an authenticated reverse proxy so only trusted management hosts and support personnel can reach it, which directly addresses the AV:N vector but reduces the convenience of remote policy administration and can interfere with Dell support-initiated connectivity, so allowlist the necessary Dell support endpoints. Avoid exposing the management interface to the general internet, and monitor web/application logs for unusual malformed requests engineered to trigger server-side errors, since such probing is the precursor to this CWE-209 leak. Note that no public exploit code or confirmed in-the-wild exploitation was identified at time of analysis, so the urgency of these controls is driven by exposure of the management plane rather than by observed attacks.

Affected VersionsENISA

Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager 0 <5.36.00.16 or late

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-209 (Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information), a class of weakness in which an application surfaces internal details - configuration values, file paths, stack traces, query fragments, or credential-adjacent data - inside error output returned to the client. Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager is a management component of Dell's Secure Connect Gateway remote-support/telemetry appliance family, exposed as a network-reachable policy management interface (CPE cpe:2.3:a:dell:secure_connect_gateway_(scg)_policy_manager). Because the flaw lives in error handling rather than in authentication or memory safety, the attacker's effort is directed at inducing a failure path that renders the sensitive diagnostic content, which is why the assessed vector carries AC:H even though no privileges or user interaction are required (PR:N/UI:N). The scope is unchanged and only confidentiality is affected (C:L), meaning the exposure is bounded by whatever the error handler incidentally reveals rather than an arbitrary data read.

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Severity by source

Vendor (dell) PRIMARY LOW
NVD 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 3.7 LOW

Network-reachable and unauthenticated (AV:N/PR:N), but provoking the leaky error reliably is non-trivial (AC:H); impact is limited information disclosure so C:L, I:N, A:N.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (dell).

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Severity Changed
Oct 13, 2026 - 16:37 NVD
LOW MEDIUM
CVSS changed
Oct 13, 2026 - 16:37 NVD
3.7 (LOW) 5.3 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Oct 09, 2026 - 10:16 EUVD

DescriptionNVD

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains a Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information disclosure and Information exposure.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 93% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
Dell enterprise support appliance, common in Dell shops, not universal
Data Quality
4 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 MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
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· derived
Defer
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Low

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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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