CVE-2026-76779

Status: AnalyzedCritical (9.8)—

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.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 9.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.27%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 18
Score date: 10/14/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access85 %
Primary impactT1078 Valid Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access80 %
Secondary impactT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation75 %

CWE-307 (fuerza bruta de autenticación) en servicio remoto sin autenticación previa (AV:N, PR:N) permite acceso no autorizado y escalada de privilegios según descripción oficial.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Privileged Account Management Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection Update Software Application Developer Guidance Active Directory Configuration

Affected technologies (1)

Dell — Policy Manager FOR Secure Connect Gateway

CWEs

CWE-307

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-ca/000503592/dsa-2026-385-security-update-for-dell-secure-connect-gateway-policy-manager-multiple-vulnerabilities?msockid=3021cac2195069ed3194ddad186a68f9

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