Dell Secure Connect Gateway up to 5.36.00.00 path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as very critical has been identified in Dell Secure Connect Gateway. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-80133. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Dell Secure Connect Gateway. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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 Relative Path Traversal vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to remote execution.

The advisory is available at dell.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-80133 since 08/25/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/07/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 5.36.00.16 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

• Dell

Name

• Secure Connect Gateway

Version

• 5.14.00.12
• 5.20
• 5.20.00.10
• 5.22
• 5.22.00.00
• 5.22.00.16
• 5.24
• 5.24.00.00
• 5.24.00.14
• 5.26
• 5.26.00.20
• 5.28
• 5.28.00
• 5.32.00
• 5.32.00.18
• 5.32.00.20
• 5.36.00.00

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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