Summary
CVE-2026-80132 is a Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability (CWE-306) affecting Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) 5.0. The flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to potentially gain unauthorized access to the system. Dell rates this vulnerability High severity with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1.
Technical details
- Root cause: a critical function within Dell SCG 5.0 lacks proper authentication controls (CWE-306).
- Trigger conditions: no attacker credentials are required; the flaw is reachable by any actor with remote network access to the exposed SCG interface.
- Attack vector: Network (AV:N), with high attack complexity (AC:H) and no privileges (PR:N) or user interaction (UI:N) required.
- Impact: successful exploitation can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially granting unauthorized system access.
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: 8.1 (High)
- Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Mitigation and recommended actions
- Immediate: Upgrade Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 Application to version 5.36.00.00 or later.
- Immediate: Upgrade Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 Appliance to version 5.36.00.16 or later.
- If patching cannot be performed immediately, restrict network access to the SCG management interface to trusted hosts/VPN only, and monitor for anomalous unauthenticated access attempts 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

