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CVE-2026-76779 Critical · 9.8 EPSS 0.3%

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains an Improper Restriction of…

Dell · Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager

Summary

The Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, in versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts flaw. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit it to elevate privileges, bypass protection mechanisms, and gain unauthorized access, with no user interaction required.

Official description · NVD

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges, Protection mechanism bypass, and Unauthorized access.

Breakdown
13.2 / 100
Exploited
Not confirmed
Reports
0
Tactics
0/15

Disclosed on 9 Oct 2026. No public exploit code or confirmed exploitation is recorded.

techniques

No techniques linked

No ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.

What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 12 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

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