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CVE-2026-61410 – Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution – Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 (Applica

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Summary

CVE-2026-61410 is a missing-authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) 5.0 that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute commands on the affected system. The flaw carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.4 (Critical) and requires no privileges or user interaction to exploit. Because SCG is typically deployed with connectivity into Dell support services and internal infrastructure, successful exploitation could give an attacker a foothold deep inside enterprise environments.

Technical details

  • Root cause: the affected component fails to enforce proper authorization checks on a request path, allowing bypass of intended restrictions on code execution.
  • Trigger condition: an attacker sends a specially crafted request to the application; no authentication or prior access is required.
  • Attack vector: Network (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L), no privileges required (PR:N), no user interaction (UI:N).
  • Impact: high confidentiality and integrity impact, low availability impact — consistent with remote command execution on the host.

Affected software

  • Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 Application: versions prior to 5.36.00.00
  • Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 Appliance: versions prior to 5.36.00.16

Severity

  • CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 9.4 (Critical)
  • Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Mitigation and recommended actions

  • Immediate: Upgrade Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 Application to version 5.36.00.00 or later, and Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 Appliance to version 5.36.00.16 or later, per Dell Security Advisory DSA-2026-382.
  • If patching cannot be performed immediately: restrict network access to the SCG management interface to trusted internal hosts only, and monitor for unexpected outbound connections or command execution originating from the SCG host until the update can be applied.

How IONIX identifies potentially affected assets

IONIX matches the following signals against data already collected when it crawled the asset; identifying the technology sends no request beyond that crawl.

  • Raw response body: <base href="/SecureConnectGateway/resx/">
  • Page title: Secure Connect Gateway

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