Dell Secure Connect Gateway prior 5.36.00.16/5.36.00.00 random values

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Dell Secure Connect Gateway. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to random values. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-80171. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Dell Secure Connect Gateway. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a random values vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-330. The product uses insufficiently random numbers or values in a security context that depends on unpredictable numbers. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
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 Insufficient Entropy in PRNG vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.
The advisory is shared at dell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-80171 since 08/25/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600.001 for this issue.
Upgrading to version 5.36.00.16 or 5.36.00.00 eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.dell.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔒VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.5
VulDB Base Score: 2.5
VulDB Temp Score: 2.4
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 4.7
CNA Vector (dell): 🔒
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Exploiting
Class: Random valuesCWE: CWE-330 / CWE-310
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: Secure Connect Gateway 5.36.00.16/5.36.00.00
Timeline
08/25/2026 CVE reserved09/09/2026 Advisory disclosed
09/09/2026 VulDB entry created
09/09/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: dell.comAdvisory: dell.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-80171 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-80171
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-401681
Entry
Created: 09/09/2026 13:44Changes: 09/09/2026 13:44 (61)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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