What is CVE-2022-34442?

CVE-2022-34442 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Policy Manager For Secure Connect Gateway, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2023-01-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-34442?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dell Policy Manager For Secure Connect Gateway

CVE-2022-34442

Dell EMC SCG Policy Manager, versions from 5.10 to 5.12, contain(s) a contain a Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability. An attacker with the knowledge of the hard-coded sensitive information, could potentially exploit this vulnerability to login to the system to gain LDAP user privileges.

Published 2023-01-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 33.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dell Policy Manager For Secure Connect Gateway
Dell EMC Secure Connect Gateway (Scg) Policy Manager — versions 5.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000204995/dsa-2022-273-dell-secure-connect-gat… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-34442?: CVE-2022-34442 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Policy Manager For Secure Connect Gateway, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2023-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-34442?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.