Information exposure via hard-coded credentials
Published Sep 9, 2026 · Updated Sep 9, 2026
Use of hard-coded credentials in Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 allows remote attackers to expose information over the network. Dell has not disclosed the credential, its storage location, the endpoint that accepts it, or the information exposed when it is used. The advisory calls the attack unauthenticated, while its published CVSS vector requires high privileges, so the access gate remains internally inconsistent.
Summary
What happened
Use of hard-coded credentials in Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 allows remote attackers to expose information over the network. Dell has not disclosed the credential, its storage location, the endpoint that accepts it, or the information exposed when it is used. The advisory calls the attack unauthenticated, while its published CVSS vector requires high privileges, so the access gate remains internally inconsistent.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-79731
- Published
- Sep 9, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Dell Technologies
- Product
- Secure Connect Gateway - Virtual Edition
- Classifications
- CWE-798, T1552
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 9, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <5.36.00.16 or later
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