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CVE-2026-78025

Status: AnalyzedHigh (7.5)—

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains a Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information disclosure, Protection mechanism bypass, and Unauthorized access.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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.

Vulnerabilidad de autenticación faltante (CWE-306) en función crítica accesible remotamente sin privilegios (AV:N/PR:N). Permite acceso no autenticado (T1078) y divulgación de información (T1552) según descrip.

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 ManagementActive Directory ConfigurationUser TrainingPassword PoliciesLimit Access to Resource Over NetworkFilter Network Traffic

Affected technologies (1)

Dell — Policy Manager FOR Secure Connect Gateway

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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