Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager up to 5.35.x certificate validation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager up to 5.35.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in certificate validation. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-73594. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager up to 5.35.x. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, Versions prior to 5.36, contains an Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with adjacent network access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information disclosure, Information tampering, and Protection mechanism bypass.

It is possible to read the advisory at dell.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-73594 since 08/13/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/29/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1587.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 5.34.00.16 or 5.36 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Policy Management Software

Vendor

• Dell

Name

• Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 5.10
• 5.11
• 5.12
• 5.13
• 5.14
• 5.15
• 5.16
• 5.17
• 5.18
• 5.19
• 5.20
• 5.21
• 5.22
• 5.23
• 5.24
• 5.25
• 5.26
• 5.27
• 5.28
• 5.29
• 5.30
• 5.31
• 5.32
• 5.33
• 5.34
• 5.35

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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