Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager prior 5.34.00.16 path traversal

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A vulnerability identified as very critical has been detected in Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-78340. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Code execution and Filesystem access for attacker.

The advisory is shared at dell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-78340 since 08/24/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/09/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 5.34.00.16 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Policy Management Software

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• Dell

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• Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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