Unauthenticated phishing via improperly encoded output
Published Sep 9, 2026 · Updated Sep 9, 2026
Improper output encoding in Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 allows remote attackers to launch phishing attacks without authentication. Dell has not disclosed which output-rendering component mishandles attacker-controlled data or which required encoding operation it omits. Network access without authentication is sufficient, and the published impact is limited to phishing and low confidentiality loss.
Summary
What happened
Improper output encoding in Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 allows remote attackers to launch phishing attacks without authentication. Dell has not disclosed which output-rendering component mishandles attacker-controlled data or which required encoding operation it omits. Network access without authentication is sufficient, and the published impact is limited to phishing and low confidentiality loss.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-79952
- Published
- Sep 9, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Dell Technologies
- Product
- Secure Connect Gateway - Virtual Edition
- Classifications
- CWE-116, CAPEC-104, CAPEC-85, CAPEC-81, CAPEC-73, T1566
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
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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