Low-privilege data disclosure and tampering via weak encoding
Published Sep 23, 2026 · Updated Sep 23, 2026
Weak password encoding in Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager before 5.36.00.16 allows local users to disclose or alter protected data. Dell has not disclosed the password-storage locus, encoding algorithm, or operation that exposes encoded passwords to untrusted local input. Exploitation requires a low-privilege account and local access, and successful use permits information disclosure, data tampering, protection bypass, and unauthorized access.
Summary
What happened
Weak password encoding in Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager before 5.36.00.16 allows local users to disclose or alter protected data. Dell has not disclosed the password-storage locus, encoding algorithm, or operation that exposes encoded passwords to untrusted local input. Exploitation requires a low-privilege account and local access, and successful use permits information disclosure, data tampering, protection bypass, and unauthorized access.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-73589
- Published
- Sep 23, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 23, 2026
- Vendor
- Dell
- Product
- Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager
- Classifications
- CWE-261, T1552
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 23, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <5.36.00.16 or later
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