Administrator access via hard-coded login credentials
Published Jan 18, 2023 · Updated Apr 3, 2025
Hard-coded credentials in Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager allow local users to gain administrator access. The software embeds an undisclosed password accepted by its login path instead of relying only on administrator-configured credentials. Exploitation requires local access and prior knowledge of the embedded credential; Dell has not disclosed its storage location or affected account.
Summary
What happened
Hard-coded credentials in Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager allow local users to gain administrator access. The software embeds an undisclosed password accepted by its login path instead of relying only on administrator-configured credentials. Exploitation requires local access and prior knowledge of the embedded credential; Dell has not disclosed its storage location or affected account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-34462
- Published
- Jan 18, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Dell
- Product
- Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager
- Classifications
- CWE-321, CWE-798, T1078
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 18, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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