Dell Secure Connect Gateway hard-coded credentials

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Dell Secure Connect Gateway. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-79735. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Dell Secure Connect Gateway (affected version not known). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. 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 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to information disclosure.

It is possible to read the advisory at dell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-79735 since 08/25/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/09/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Dell

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• Secure Connect Gateway

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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